Duphorne v. Moore

' The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The Walton Loan Company, a Kansas •corporation, owned a tract of land in Kearny county. C. H. Puckett, having a tax deed thereto, brought an action in that county to quiet title, making service upon the company by publication, in virtue of an affidavit stating that its officers had departed from the state and could not be found. Judgment was rendered • on June 23,1903, as prayed in the petition. On June 24, 1905, the company executed a deed for the land to .Marcel Duphorne. On March 20, 1908, Duphorne began an action in Kearny county…