Merwin v. Hawker
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Saline District Court. Ejectment, brought by Merwin against Hawker. Trial by the court upon an agreed statement of facts, at the May Term, 1883, and judgment rendered for the defendant. The plaintiff brings the ease here. The opinion contains a sufficient statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This was an action of ejectment, brought by plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, to recover the possession of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-five, township fourteen, range four, in Saline county. The case was tried by the court without a jury, upon an agreed statement of facts, and judgment rendered thereon in favor of defendant. The facts are these: In 1874, C. W. Bates owned the northwest quarter of said section thirty-five. In March of that year a suit was commenced against him in the district court of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Linton v. HoushSupreme Court of Kansas · 1868
- Pracht v. PisterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
3Cited by3 opinions
- Grand Rapids Chair Co. v. RunnelsMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Shaffer v. KnoxCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1898
- Attorney General Opinion No., Kansas Attorney General Reports1997