Douglass v. Bishop
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Jackson District Court. Action brought by Bishop against Douglass and ten others, to quiet the title to four hundred acres of land situate in Jackson county. Trial by the court at the April Term, 1877, and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant Douglass brings the case to this court. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This action was brought under § 594 of the ■ code, and the petition alleged that Bishop, defendant in error (plaintiff below) had the legal title to, and was in the peaceable possession of, the land, describing it, and that the plaintiff in error (one of the defendants below), with other defendants, set up and claimed an estate and interest therein adverse to the estate and interest of the plaintiff, and prayed that they be compelled to show their title, and that it be adjudged null and void as against the plaintiff. Douglass filed a…
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