Rogers v. Clemmans
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Johnson District Court. Action brought by Emma J. Rodgers against Clemmans and others, to reform an administrator’s deed to certain land in Johnson county, and to eject defendants therefrom. Trial at the March Term, 1880, of the district court, and judgment for defendants. The plaintiff brings the case here. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
In the year 1858 Charles Mayo died, intestate, at Olathe, Johnson county. He left a widow and two children, who resided in Boston, Massachusetts. At the time of his death, he had filed on the southeast quarter of section 35, township 13, range 23, in Johnson county, then territory of Kansas. On January 3,1859, J. E. Hayes, at the solicitation of creditors, was appointed administrator of the estate, qualified, and entered upon the duties thereof. In 1859, the administrator, after disposing of the personalty, obtained an order to sell a…
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