Sheldon v. Atkinson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Franklin District Court. On May 31, 1884, H. F. Sheldon commenced his action against Robert Atkinson, to recover the immediate possession of the following-described lands and tenements situate in Franklin county: Commencing 935 feet south of the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of section two, in township seventeen, of range nineteen, running thence south forty feet, thence running west to the Southern Kansas Railway, thence running north forty feet,…
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Error from Franklin District Court. On May 31, 1884, H. F. Sheldon commenced his action against Robert Atkinson, to recover the immediate possession of the following-described lands and tenements situate in Franklin county: Commencing 935 feet south of the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of section two, in township seventeen, of range nineteen, running thence south forty feet, thence running west to the Southern Kansas Railway, thence running north forty feet, thence east to the place of beginning. On June 26,1884, Atkinson filed his answer containing a general denial, and also…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action in the nature of ejectment, brought by H. F. Sheldon against Robert Atkinson, for the possession of a strip of land in Ottawa, thirty-six feet wide north and south, and about six hundred feet long east and west. Both parties claim title from the same common source, one R. D. Lathrop. The several pieces of land in *16which it is claimed there is a surplus of thirty-six feet, owned by Atkinson, are marked upon the map in the.record as “the little red piece,” “the little blue piece,” and “the little white piece.” “The little…
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