King v. Stephens

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This áction originated as an administrator’s suit to subject the property of the late Mary L. Stephens of Douglas county to the payment of the debts of her estate, but it was expanded into an action to determine the title to her property — a small house and parcel of land in the city of Lawrence.

Clyde W. Stephens, a son of Mary, claimed to be the equitable owner of the property, by virtue of a written contract, viz: ■

“Exhibit ‘A’. This agreement, made and entered into between Mary L. Stephens, party of the first part, and Clyde W. Stephens,…