Gray v. Crockett
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action brought March 3, 1882, by B. Gray against Elizabeth 1. Crockett, H. C. Long and Martha M. Long, to compel them to convey certain real estate. The terms of the alleged contract set forth in the petition are as follows: “April 22, 1881. Agreement between H. C. Long and B. Gray for sale of his farm of thirty-three acres, s. side of Tauromee street, Wyandotte, for eight thousand dollars.
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Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action brought March 3, 1882, by B. Gray against Elizabeth 1. Crockett, H. C. Long and Martha M. Long, to compel them to convey certain real estate. The terms of the alleged contract set forth in the petition are as follows: “April 22, 1881. Agreement between H. C. Long and B. Gray for sale of his farm of thirty-three acres, s. side of Tauromee street, Wyandotte, for eight thousand dollars. “Said Long agrees to sell the said farm for $8,000, payable as follows: $500 by the 28th of April, inst., $1,500 in three months from date, and balance, $6,000, in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The question for our consideration and determination in this case involves the constitutionality of the .act of the legislature of this state entitled “An act excluding certain farming property from the corporate limits of Wyandotte city, Kansas,” approved March 12, 1879. By ■the act of the territory of Kansas incorporating the city of Wyandotte, approved January 29, 1859, the land in controversy was embraced within the corporate limits of that city. The special act of March 12, 1879, attempted to exclude this land from the city limits.…
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