Jeffers v. Forbes
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Doniphan District Court. Action brought by Jeffers and thirteen others against Forbes and another, to set aside certain deeds. The nature-of the action, and the facts, appear in the opinion. At the-September Term, 1881, the court sustained a demurrer to plaintiffs’ petition, to which ruling they excepted, and have-brought the case here for review.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
The plaintiffs in error, plaintiffs below, were-respectively the widow and children of A. R. Jeffers, deceased, and filed their petition in the district court of Doniphan county, seeking to set aside six several deeds executed by themselves separately to the defendant W. H. Forbes, and also a subsequent deed from W. H. Forbes to his co-defendant, B. N. Forbes.
The deeds from the plaintiffs were, respectively, a deed from the widow, four separate deeds from the adult children,.and a. guardian’s deed from the widow as guardian for the minor…
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