Bryan v. McNaughton
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Miami District Cowrt. Ejectment, by McNaughton against Bryan and others. Judgment for plaintiff, at the February Term, 1886. The defendants bring the case here. The opinion contains a statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action in the nature of ejectment, brought by McNaughton against Mrs. Bryan and children, to recover two hundred and twenty acres of land, situated in Miami county. The facts in the case as claimed by Mrs. Bryan and children are as follows: On the 31st day of August, 1865, Edward Coughlin purchased of Joseph Johnson, a member of the Shawnee tribe of Indians of Kansas, the lands in controversy, paid him the purchase-price thereof, and *99Joseph Johnson made a warranty deed therefor. Coughlin took possession of the lands, made…
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