Wiswell v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Cherokee district court; Corb A. Mc-Neill, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mason, J.:
In 1881 the owner of a tract of land conveyed to H. L. Simmons a life-estate therein, with the remainder in fee to the children of such life-tenant. On December 10, 1886, Simmons executed a quitclaim deed for the property to W. H. Layne, who on the same day gave him back a bond for a deed agreeing to re-convey upon the payment of $603.25. Layne at once took possession, which he and his grantees have held ever since. The land was sold for the taxes of 1884 to a stranger, who paid the taxes of 1885. Layne bought the tax-sale certificate after…
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