McGannon v. Straightlege
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Miami District Court. ■Ejectment, brought by McGannon against Straightlege. Trial at the February Term, 1884, and judgment for defendant. The plaintiff brings the case to this court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action in the nature of ejectment, brought by J. G. McGannon against Henry Straightlege, to recover a certain piece of land situated in Miami county. The principal question involved in the case is, whether the plaintiff’s title was barred by any statute of limitations, or not, when this action was commenced. The court below held,. and in substance instructed the jury, that it was barred by a three-years, a ten-years and a fifteen-years statute of limitations. It appears that the land in controversy was originally a part of an…
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