Richards v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Court of Appeals, Southern Department. J. R. Griffith commenced this action in the District Court ofJESumner County, alleging in his petition that he was the legal and equitable owner in fee simple and in possession of 80 acres of land therein described ; that Albert A. Richards, the defendant, claimed the title thereto, under an instrument purporting to be a patent signed by the Governor of the State of Kansas, but that there was no authority for the issuance of…
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Error from Court of Appeals, Southern Department. J. R. Griffith commenced this action in the District Court ofJESumner County, alleging in his petition that he was the legal and equitable owner in fee simple and in possession of 80 acres of land therein described ; that Albert A. Richards, the defendant, claimed the title thereto, under an instrument purporting to be a patent signed by the Governor of the State of Kansas, but that there was no authority for the issuance of the same ; and that, at the date of the pretended patent, the title to the land was not in the State of Kansas or the…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
While the plaintiff in error assigns a great number of errors in the rulings of the District Court and Court of Appeals, and discusses them at great length in his brief, the questions involved in the case are neither numerous nor complicated. Though there is much discussion as to the validity of the assignments of the sale certificates from Richmond, the original purchaser, to Thompson, who took out the renewal certificate, and from Thompson to the plaintiff, they appear to be sufficient to have passed whatever rights the assignors had in the land to the plaintiff, Griffith.
1. Patent is prima…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Ritchie v. Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1895
- People v. MauranNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Bradley v. ParkhurstSupreme Court of Kansas · 1878
- Leviston v.RyanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
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- Pessemier v. NicholsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1941
- Griffith v. RichardsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1902