Jones v. Standiferd
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon district court; Dennis Madden, judge. STATEMENT. This was an action in ejectment brought by Jennie Jones, the plaintiff in error, against T. H. Standiferd, Hiram Holt, and Malinda L. Holt, to recover possession of the northwest quarter of section 22, township 18, range 13, in Lyon county. Defendants had judgment in the court below.
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Error from Lyon district court; Dennis Madden, judge. STATEMENT. This was an action in ejectment brought by Jennie Jones, the plaintiff in error, against T. H. Standiferd, Hiram Holt, and Malinda L. Holt, to recover possession of the northwest quarter of section 22, township 18, range 13, in Lyon county. Defendants had judgment in the court below. The facts, stated* in chronological order, are as follows : On March 1, 1886, Mary P. Jones, the mother of plaintiff below, from whom she claims title, was the owner and in possession of section 22, township 18, range 13, in Lyon county, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by.Smith, J. :
Plaintiff in error must fail in her at-tempt to get title and possession to the property involved for three reasons :(1) She purchased land from Mary P. Jones which was encumbered by a mortgage for $10,000 to Hiram Holt, executed by her grantor. Its existence was a matter of record. When the Wisconsin Planing Mill Company began suit to foreclose its lien for material furnished to Mary P. Jones, it did not, it is true, seek to fix its claim as a charge on the land now in controversy, but on other lands covered.-by the Holt mortgage. Before…
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