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Reihl v. Likowski

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1885PublishedCited by 18 opinions

En-or from Cowley District Court. ACTION brought by Eliza Reihl and others against Joseph Lihowsld, to quiet title to lot 8, in block 109, in the city of "Winfield. Trial by the court at the October Term, 1883, when the court found that the defendant was the equitable owner of the undivided one-half of the lot in controversy; that the plaintiff and the minor heirs together held the legal title thereto in trust for him, and that he was entitled to have partition made thereof.

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En-or from Cowley District Court. ACTION brought by Eliza Reihl and others against Joseph Lihowsld, to quiet title to lot 8, in block 109, in the city of "Winfield. Trial by the court at the October Term, 1883, when the court found that the defendant was the equitable owner of the undivided one-half of the lot in controversy; that the plaintiff and the minor heirs together held the legal title thereto in trust for him, and that he was entitled to have partition made thereof. Decreed accordingly. The plaintiff and the minor heirs bring the case to this court. The material facts are stated in…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

JOHNSTON, J.:

Eliza Reihl brought this action to quiet title to lot No. 8, in block No. 109, in the city of Winfield, against a tax deed held by the defendant Joseph Likowski. She alleged in her petition that she, as the widow, and John A. Reihl and Charles A. Reihl, her two minor sons, were the sole heirs-at-law of Jacob Reihl, who died intestate, in the month of July, 1877, seized in fee simple of the lot in controversy, and that she and the minor heirs have the legal title to the lot and are in the peaceable possession of the same. She sets forth the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Main v. PayneSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  2. Jockers v. BorgmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Murphy v. CrowleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. Lane v. Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf RailroadSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1907
  3. Watson v. Parker TownshipSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
  4. Wright v. JenksSupreme Court of Kansas · 1927
  5. Campbell v. DickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918

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