Richards v. Griffith
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Memorandum. — Error from Sumner district court; James A. Ray, judge. Action by J. R. Griffith against Albert A. Richards to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff at the April term, 1890. The defendant brings the case here. The statement of the case, as made by Johnson, P. J., is as follows : This suit was commenced by J. R. Griffith, as plaintiff, against Albert A. Richards, in the district court of Sumner county, Kansas.
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Memorandum. — Error from Sumner district court; James A. Ray, judge. Action by J. R. Griffith against Albert A. Richards to quiet title. Judgment for plaintiff at the April term, 1890. The defendant brings the case here. The statement of the case, as made by Johnson, P. J., is as follows : This suit was commenced by J. R. Griffith, as plaintiff, against Albert A. Richards, in the district court of Sumner county, Kansas. On the 13th day of September, 1889, the plaintiff filed his petition to quiet his title to the east half of the northwest quarter of section 36, township 34, of range 3, in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnson, P. J. :
There are 47 assignments of error in the petition of the plaintiff, many of which are frivolous, and it is unnecessary to notice them; but we will proceed to consider such of the assignments *522of error as we deem necessary to a full determination of this case.
The first error complained of in brief of counsel for plaintiff in error is the refusal of the court to direct the jury, upon the statement of counsel for plaintiff below in making the opening statement of the case to the jury, to return a verdict for the defendant below. Counsel for…
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