Burditt v. Burditt
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Osage district court; William' Thomson, judge. In banc. STATEMENT. This action was brought to quiet title. The plaintiffs below were the widow and son, and defendant below a brother, of one A. K. Burditt, deceased. In 1870 the said A. K. Burditt purchased the improvements upon the property in controversy from the occupant thereof and settled upon the claim with the intent and believing that he had the right to make homestead entry thereof.
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Error from Osage district court; William' Thomson, judge. In banc. STATEMENT. This action was brought to quiet title. The plaintiffs below were the widow and son, and defendant below a brother, of one A. K. Burditt, deceased. In 1870 the said A. K. Burditt purchased the improvements upon the property in controversy from the occupant thereof and settled upon the claim with the intent and believing that he had the right to make homestead entry thereof. From the date of his settlement until 1877, he and his family resided upon the land, the same not being subject to homestead entry but to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pollock, J.:
The undisputed evidence adduced upon the trial below clearly shows that defendant A. L. Burditt furnished the money with which entry of this property was made by John C. Adams from the government, and in addition thereto paid said Ad*579ams fifty dollars for a conveyance of the property ; and, further, that he made the improvements, paid the taxes and furnished the money set forth in his answer to his brother, A. K. Burditt, and that no part of the same has at any time been paid to the defendant: It further appears from the evidence that the…
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