Historic Kansas Case Law

Welcome to my library of historic Kansas case law! Linked digitized law books include territorial and state case law.

Also see my Historic Kansas statutes page. I wrote a blog post about the Kansas law pages.

Kansas Territorial Laws [1854-1861]

Year and Volume

Title/Description

Territorial Case Law Online

“1858-1861, 1863-1868” “Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Kansas [1858-1861]: Together With an Important Case Determined in the District Court of the First Judicial District of Said Territory Before One of the Judges of the Supreme Court and Several Important Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas [1863-1868], With Preface, Table of Cases, Notes, and Index” Google Books
Hathi Trust

Kansas Reports and Reporters

Year and Volume

Session/Description

Case Law Online

1862 Vol. 1 (published 1889) Google Books
1864 Vol. 1 (published 1864) Hathi Trust
1863-1864 Vol. 2 Rules Hathi Trust
1864-1865 Vol. 3 Hathi Trust
1866 Vol. 3 Hathi Trust
1868 Vol. 4 Google Books
Hathi Trust
1871 Vol. 5 Hathi Trust
1872 Vol. 6 Hathi Trust
1872 Vol. 7 Google Books
1873 Vol. 8 Google Books
1873 Vol. 9 Google Books
1874 Vol. 10 Hathi Trust
1874 Vol. 11 Hathi Trust
1874 Vol. 12 Hathi Trust
1875 Vol. 13 Hathi Trust
1875 Vol. 14 Hathi Trust
1876 Vol. 15 Hathi Trust
1876 Vol. 16 Hathi Trust
1877 Vol. 17 Hathi Trust
1878 Vol. 18 Hathi Trust
1878 Vol. 19 Google Books
1878 Vol. 20 Hathi Trust
1879 Vol. 21 Hathi Trust
1880 Vol. 22 Hathi Trust
1880 Vol. 23 Google Books
1881 Vol. 24 Hathi Trust
1881 Vol. 25 Google Books
1882 Vol. 26 Hathi Trust
1882 Vol. 27 Google Books
1883 Vol. 28 Hathi Trust
1883 Vol. 29 Google Books
1884 Vol. 30 Hathi Trust
1884 Vol. 31 Google Books
1885 Vol. 32 Hathi Trust
1885 Vol. 33 Google Books
1886 Vol. 34 Hathi Trust
1886 Vol. 35 Hathi Trust
1887 Vol. 36 Hathi Trust
1888 Vol. 37 Google Books
1888 Vol. 38 Hathi Trust
1888 Vol. 39 Google Books
1889 Vol. 40 Hathi Trust
1890 Vol. 41 Hathi Trust
1890 Vol. 42 Hathi Trust
1890 Vol. 43 Hathi Trust
1891 Vol. 44 Google Books
1891 Vol. 45 Hathi Trust
1891 Vol. 46 Google Books
1892 Vol. 47 Hathi Trust
1892 Vol. 48 Google Books
1893 Vol. 49 Google Books
1893 Vol. 50 Hathi Trust
1894 Vol. 51 Google Books
1894 Vol. 52 Google Books
1894 Vol. 53 Hathi Trust
1895 Vol. 54 Google Books
1896 Vol. 55 Hathi Trust
1896 Vol. 56 Google Books
1897 Vol. 57 Google Books
1898 Vol. 58 Google Books
1899 Vol. 59 Google Books
1899 Vol. 60 Google Books
1900 Vol. 61 Google Books
1901 Vol. 62 Google Books
1902 Vol. 63 Google Books
1902 Vol. 64 Google Books
1903 Vol. 65 Google Books
1903 Vol. 66 Google Books
1904 Vol. 67 Google Books
1905 Vol. 68 Google Books
1905 Vol. 69 Google Books
1906 Vol. 70 Google Books
1906 Vol. 71 Google Books
1907 Vol. 72 Hathi Trust
1907 Vol. 73 Google Books
1907 Vol. 74 Google Books
1908 Vol. 75 Google Books
1908 Vol. 76 Google Books
1908 Vol. 77 Hathi Trust
1909 Vol. 78 Hathi Trust
1909 Vol. 79 Hathi Trust
1910 Vol. 80 Internet Archive
1910 Vol. 81 Hathi Trust
1910 Vol. 82 Internet Archive
1911 Vol. 83 Google Books
1911 Vol. 84 Hathi Trust
1911 Vol. 85 Hathi Trust
1911-1912 Vol. 86 Hathi Trust
1912 Vol. 87 Hathi Trust
1912-1913 Vol. 88 Hathi Trust
1913 Vol. 89 Hathi Trust
1913 Vol. 90 Google Books
1913-1914 Vol. 91 Hathi Trust
1914 Vol. 92 Google Books
1914-1915 Vol. 93 Hathi Trust
1915 Vol. 94 Google Books
1915 Vol. 95 Hathi Trust
1915 Vol. 96 Hathi Trust
1916 Vol. 97 Hathi Trust
1916 Vol. 98 Hathi Trust
1916-1917 Vol. 99 Hathi Trust
1917 Vol. 100 Google Books
1917 Vol. 101 Hathi Trust
1918 Vol. 102 Google Books
1918 Vol. 103 Hathi Trust
1919 Vol. 104 Hathi Trust
1920 Vol. 105 Google Books
1920 Vol. 106 Hathi Trust
1920 Vol. 107 Hathi Trust
1921 Vol. 108 Google Books
1922 Vol. 109 Google Books
1921-1922 Vol. 110 Hathi Trust
1922 Vol. 111 Hathi Trust
1922-1923 Vol. 112 Hathi Trust
1923 Vol. 113 Hathi Trust
1923 Vol. 114 Hathi Trust
1924 Vol. 115 Hathi Trust
1924 Vol. 116 Hathi Trust
1924-1925 Vol. 117 Hathi Trust
1925 Vol. 118 Hathi Trust
1926 Vol. 119 Hathi Trust
1926 Vol. 120 Hathi Trust
1926 Vol. 121 Hathi Trust
1926-1927 Vol. 122 Hathi Trust
1927 Vol. 123 Hathi Trust
1927-1928 Vol. 124 Hathi Trust
1928 Vol. 125 Hathi Trust
1928 Vol. 126 Hathi Trust
1928-1929 Vol. 127 Hathi Trust
1929 Vol. 128 Hathi Trust
1929-1930 Vol. 129 Hathi Trust
1930 Vol. 130 Hathi Trust
1931 Vol. 131 Hathi Trust
1931 Vol. 132 Hathi Trust
1931 Vol. 133 Hathi Trust
1931 Vol. 134 Hathi Trust
1932 Vol. 135 Hathi Trust
1932-1933 Vol. 136 [Missing this volume] some cases from volume at Legal Calculators
1933 Vol. 137 [Missing this volume] some cases from volume at Legal Calculators
1933-1934 Vol. 138 Hathi Trust
1934 Vol. 139 Hathi Trust
1934 Vol. 140 Hathi Trust
1934 Vol. 141 Hathi Trust
1935 Vol. 142 Hathi Trust
1936 Vol. 143 Hathi Trust
1936 Vol. 144 Hathi Trust
1937-2009 Vols. 145-232, 234-289, limited access, search only Hathi Trust
1983 Vol. 233 Hathi Trust
Jan. 1990 to Present Case Inquiry, Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas Court of Appeals Kansas Appellate Case Inquiry System, Kansas Judicial Branch

Kansas Digests

Year and Volume

Title/Description

Kansas Case Law Digests Online

1858-1908, Volume 3, Gas-Municipal Aid “The Kansas Digest: A Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Kansas Reported in Vols. 1-77 Kansas Reports, Vols. 1-10 Kansas Appeals Reports, Vols. 1-94 Pacific Reporter, p. 256” Google Books
Hathi Trust