Tenney v. Simpson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. This case was tried before a referee, who made the following report (court and title omitted): “This is an action wherein the plaintiff claims that certain land known as the ‘ Splitlog purchase/ bought in 1878 through the united efforts of plaintiff and defendants, was deeded to defendant M. Shepard Bolles, to be held by him in trust for plaintiff and defendants after certain payments should be made to him, in proportion of four-tenths to…
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Error from Wyandotte District Court. This case was tried before a referee, who made the following report (court and title omitted): “This is an action wherein the plaintiff claims that certain land known as the ‘ Splitlog purchase/ bought in 1878 through the united efforts of plaintiff and defendants, was deeded to defendant M. Shepard Bolles, to be held by him in trust for plaintiff and defendants after certain payments should be made to him, in proportion of four-tenths to plaintiff S. N. Simpson, three-tenths to defendant William C. Tenney, and three-tenths to defendant M. Shepard Bolles…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
In the latter part of the year 1878, Samuel N. Simpson, "William C. Tenney, and M. Shepard Bolles — the latter representing himself and Henry Shepard and Richard F. Bolles — formed a copartnership to purchase and sell on speculation, a certain piece of real estate consisting of 30 and t673q-acres, situated near Wyandotte city, in Wyandotte county, Kansas, and belonging to Matthias Splitlog. Simpson at that time and prior thereto, by a written contract with Splitlog, had the exclusive right to purchase the property, but he did not have *361the…
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