Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Tipton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Courtland, Kansas, to quiet title to some lots in that city. In the petition it was alleged that the defendants E. B. and S. L. Tipton, on June 9, 1911, conveyed the lots by warranty deed to the plaintiff in order to satisfy an indebtedness due to the plaintiff from them, and also in consideration of the satisfaction by the plaintiff of a judgment lien against the property; that soon thereafter the plaintiff put the Tiptons into possession as its tenants; and that on March 8,…