Valley State Bank v. Dean

The Valley State Bank, of Syracuse, Kansas, sued J. B. Dean, Mary Dean individually and as administratrix of the estate of Sam M. Dean, deceased, Evangeline Dean and Mary Frances Dean to foreclose an equitable lien upon certain land in Baca county. The defendants joined in an answer in which they resisted the plaintiff’s claim, and, by way of counterclaim, sought to have title to the land quieted in the defendant J. B. Dean. The judgment went against the plaintiff and quieted title in J. B. Dean.

J. B. Dean and Sam M. Dean were brothers. They made an exchange of land whereby the land in…