Miller v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad

This was an action brought by the plaintiff in error against the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad Company to compel the execution of a deed to land ; to which action Jacob Yoos, a rival claimant to such land, and Mrs. Kelley, a mortgagee under him, were made defendants. The court below made special findings of fact, of which, so far as they relate to the principal question to be noted, the following is a summary :

The Railroad Company owned the land in question, which Mr. Yoos occupied as its tenant. It was the practice of the Company to give its tenants a preferred right to purchase…