Douglass v. Ruffin
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action by Douglass against Ruffin, to recover the possession of lots 8 and 9, in block 15, in central addition to the city of Leavenworth.
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Error from Leavenworth District Court. Action by Douglass against Ruffin, to recover the possession of lots 8 and 9, in block 15, in central addition to the city of Leavenworth. Trial by the. court at the May Term, 1884. The court found substantially the following facts: That in 1873 the county of Leavenworth issued to A. A. Higinbotham two tax deeds for said lots, and that the deeds were thereafter duly recorded; that in 1874 Higinbotham and wife quitclaimed all their title and interest therein to Leavenworth county, which deed was not recorded until 1883; that in 1881, Higinbotham and wife…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
This was an action in ejectment, brought by the plaintiff in error to recover possession of two lots in the city of Leavenworth. The findings of fact show that sometime in 1877 or 1878, plaintiff took possession of the lots and leased the same, and that the léssee inclosed the premises with a fence, and occupied them about three years. At this time plaintiff had two deeds issued by the city of Leavenworth for city taxes; under these claims of title he *532took and held possession of the property. The defendant, in 1883, entered upon the premises and erected a small house,…
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