Hale v. Republican River Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Davis District Court. Tiie action below was brought by Sale to compel the Bridge Company to convey to him 1,074 acres of land which he claimed under the terms of a resolution adopted by the board of directors of said Bridge Company, April 8th, 1869, and which resolution is set forth in the opinion.
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Error from Davis District Court. Tiie action below was brought by Sale to compel the Bridge Company to convey to him 1,074 acres of land which he claimed under the terms of a resolution adopted by the board of directors of said Bridge Company, April 8th, 1869, and which resolution is set forth in the opinion. The Bridge Company by its answer denied plaintiff’s right to the lands, and alleged that there was a mistake in said resolution, and prayed that the resolution he corrected and reformed by the court. Sale claimed the 1,074 acres in consideration oí $13,879.25 of land-scrip of said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Plaintiff brought suit in the district court of Davis county to compel the conveyance by defendant to him of certain tracts of land. The findings and judgment of that *471court were against him, and he now seeks a reversal of that judgment. One ground upon which he asks a reversal is, that the findings are against the weight of the evidence; but inasmuch as the record does not show that all the evidence is preserved we cannot say whether the findings are against it or not. (5 Kas., 58.) This leaves tbe case for our consideration to stand upon…
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