Helm v. Helm
Supreme Court of Kansas
Frror from Jackson District Court. Action by plaintiff in error against James M. Helnuand William Helm to set aside and annul a deed, and to compel defendants to surrender the same for cancellation.
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Frror from Jackson District Court. Action by plaintiff in error against James M. Helnuand William Helm to set aside and annul a deed, and to compel defendants to surrender the same for cancellation. The petition alleged the marriage of plaintiff to James M. Helm, the ownership by said Helm at that time of certain lands on which the said parties resided, and the execution by plaintiff and said James M. to said William Helm of a deed for said lands; that the land was worth $1,500; that the pretended consideration was $900.. A part of said petition is as follows: “Plaintiff further avers and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, C. J.:
This cause came up from a decision of the district court sustaining a demurrer to the petition of plaintiff in error. It appears from the petition that plaintiff in error and the defendant James M. Helm were married on the 15th of April 1871; that James M. Helm was then the owner of eighty acres of land, upon which the husband and wife resided, and which was their homestead. On the 17th of June thereafter, and while they were residing on said land as their homestead, the land was conveyed to William Helm for the consideration of nine…
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