Nairn v. Ewalt
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Barton District Court. Action by Nairn against Ewalt and another, to cancel a conveyance of real estate, on the ground of fraud. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff comes to this court. The opinion states the facts. The defendant in error objected to the introduction of evidence under the amended petition, which the court sustained, and of this ruling plaintiff in error complains.
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Error from Barton District Court. Action by Nairn against Ewalt and another, to cancel a conveyance of real estate, on the ground of fraud. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff comes to this court. The opinion states the facts. The defendant in error objected to the introduction of evidence under the amended petition, which the court sustained, and of this ruling plaintiff in error complains. The petition was not attacked by motion or demurrer, and should have been liberally construed as against an objection of this kind, and objection should have been overruled. Meagher v. Morgan, 3 Kas.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
On the 24th of October, 1888, Mrs. Mary C. Nairn was the owner of a quarter section of land in Barton county, in this state. She had appointed her husband, C. W. Nairn, as her agent to trade or sell this real estate for her. About that time, J. S. Ewalt and O. B. Wilson offered, to trade for her land, through her husband, an assorted stock of boots and shoes, represented to be worth $4,400. The stock was in New York, or some place outside of Kansas, but the parties had an invoice thereof. Soon after the trade was agreed upon, Mrs. Nairn,…
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