Stephens v. Ballou
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cowley District Court. At the November Term, 1881, of the district court, defendant Ballou had judgment against Stephens and two others, plaintiffs, who bring the case here. The nature of the action, and the facts, appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
VALENTiNE, J.:
The sole question involved in this case is one with reference to the proper construction and interpretation of the occupying-claimant law. (Comp. Laws of 1879, ch. 80, art. 25, §§ 601 — 613.) This question grows out of a controversy concerning the title and ownership of the north half of the northwest quarter of section five, township thirty-two, south, of range seven, east, in Cowley county, Kansas, *596which controversy has been pending in the courts for nearly ten years, and in which this court has already rendered two decisions. (Brake v.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Childs v. ShowerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- In re PettySupreme Court of Kansas · 1879
- State ex rel. Keyser & Elrod v. HallockNevada Supreme Court · 1879
- Brake v. BallouSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
- Stephens v. BallouSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
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- Copeland v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- A. C. Ferrellgas Corp. v. Phoenix InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1961
- City of Wichita v. Old Colony Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
- Hornaday v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 1901
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