Bruce v. Luke
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte .District Court. The action below w£ts commenced in replevin by Bruce to recover the possession of 4,000 railroad ties and 150 cords of wood cut and manufactured by Buhe from timber standing and growing on the W.J of S.W.ij of sec. 29, and E.J of S.E.J of sec. 30, township 10 south, range 24 east, in Wyandotte county.
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Error from Wyandotte .District Court. The action below w£ts commenced in replevin by Bruce to recover the possession of 4,000 railroad ties and 150 cords of wood cut and manufactured by Buhe from timber standing and growing on the W.J of S.W.ij of sec. 29, and E.J of S.E.J of sec. 30, township 10 south, range 24 east, in Wyandotte county. Both parties claimed title to the ties and wood, as owning the land whereon they were manufactured; and each party claimed to derive title to the land from one Isaac Johnnycake; and as the right to the personal property in controversy depended solely upon…
1Opinion of the Court
'The opinion of the court Avas delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This AAras an action of replevin brought by the plaintiff in error, Charles Bruce, against the defendant in error, Jacob Luke, for the recovery of certain railroad *208ties and cordwood cut on a certain piece of land of which Bruce claimed to be the owner, but of which Luke was in possession and also claimed to be the owner. Passing over all the preliminary Or minor questions which might be raised in the case, we are asked to decide this question only: Who is the owner of the land? In deciding this question there are certain incidental…
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