Howe v. Howe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action in the district court was one to quiet title. The facts were that Fanny K. Howe, owner of the land in controversy, died intestate, leaving as her heirs at law her husband, Henry H. Howe, and five children, one of whom was Ira E. Howe. To *68effect partition the children deeded to Henry H. Howe, who then executed and delivered to the children a deed containing the following provisions:

“This Indenture, made this 19th day of October, A. D., 1900, between Henry H. Howe a single man of Sumner county, in the state of Kansas, of the first…