Longworth v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J.:

The plaintiff, while in possession under a tax deed, brought his action against Henry Johnson and Mollie C. Nolan to quiet his title to certain land in Graham county, Kansas. H. G. Dowie, as owner, interpleaded in ejectment. The- plaintiff dismissed his action to quiet the title, and answered Dowie’s cross-petition by setting up his tax deed and asking that the taxes, interest and charges paid by him be declared a lien on the property. To this Dowie pleaded, by way of set-off, rents and profits received by plaintiff while in possession under…