Cordes v. Cushman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

This is a suit to cancel a deed. Henry Cordes, the plaintiff, owned a residence property in the city of Pittsburg, in Crawford county. S. H. Cushman claimed to be the owner of 320 acres of land in Phillips county, Colorado. Negotiations through Frank Marsh, a real-estate agent, resulted in an agreement to exchange these properties. Deeds were executed and placed in,the hands of Marsh to hold until abstracts of title were furnished by the parties showing good title to their respective properties. Cushman presented a paper claimed to be a good…