Stockton v. Geissler
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. Ejectment. The facts are stated in the opinion. Judgment for plaintiff Geissler, on November 26, 1887. The defendants Stockton and Little bring the case here.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Strang, C.:
Action in ejectment, to recover the possession of lots 1 and 2, in block 127, in the old city of Wyandotte. Defendants answered by a general denial. *613The lots in question are a part of lands allotted by the Wyandotte commissioners, under treaty of January 31, 1855, ratified February 20, 1855, with the Wyandotte Indians, to John Beaver, and by John Beaver and Susan Beaver his wife to John McAlpine, trustee for the Wyandotte City Company, July 22, 1857. It is admitted that the plat of the city of Wyandotte covers the lots in question, and shows them to be embraced in the…
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