Jordan v. McNeil
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cowley-District Court. At the May Term, 1880, of the district court, MoNeil, as plaintiff, recovered a judgment against defendants Jordan and Buehman, who bring the case to this court. The nature of the action, and the facts, appear in the opinion. 1. The demurrers raised the question squarely, whether a deed procured by fraud and misrepresentation should be annulled when the grantee under the fraudulent deed has conveyed to innocent purchasers for value.
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Error from Cowley-District Court. At the May Term, 1880, of the district court, MoNeil, as plaintiff, recovered a judgment against defendants Jordan and Buehman, who bring the case to this court. The nature of the action, and the facts, appear in the opinion. 1. The demurrers raised the question squarely, whether a deed procured by fraud and misrepresentation should be annulled when the grantee under the fraudulent deed has conveyed to innocent purchasers for value. By overruling them, the court decided that a deed procured by fraud was absolutely void, and consequently, that no rights could…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
VALENTINE, J.:
Lena McNeil, the defendant in error, plaintiff below, alleges in her petition below that on the 26th day of January, 1880, desiring to convey property therein described as follows: Lot number eight, in block number one hundred and sixty-seven, in the city of Winfield, to one Martha E. McNeil, she went to the office of one Charles H. Payson, a lawyer, at Winfield, Kansas, and requested him to draw up a deed for that purpose. She afterward went to Payson’s office, when he shpwed and read to her a deed drawn in accordance with her wishes.…
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