Whetstone v. Ottawa University
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Franklin District Cowrt. Action to compel specific performance of a contract to convey certain lots of land, brought by The Ottawa University as plaintiff, against The Board off County Commissioners of the County of Franklin, John H. Whetstone, W. T. Pickrell, Levi C. "Wasson, George S. Holt, J. L. Hawkins, W. ~W. Boiler, The Ottawa Town Company, and Bobert Atkinson, as defendants.
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Error from Franklin District Cowrt. Action to compel specific performance of a contract to convey certain lots of land, brought by The Ottawa University as plaintiff, against The Board off County Commissioners of the County of Franklin, John H. Whetstone, W. T. Pickrell, Levi C. "Wasson, George S. Holt, J. L. Hawkins, W. ~W. Boiler, The Ottawa Town Company, and Bobert Atkinson, as defendants. The Board of County Commissioners, the Ottawa Town Company, and Whetstone, answered. The other defendants made default. The action was tried at the March Term 1873 of the district court. The findings of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
The findings of facts made by the court below on the trial of this action are as follows:
1st, That the plaintiff, the Ottawa University, and the defendants, the Board-of County Commissioners of the county of Franklin, and the Ottawa Town Company, are each corporations, created under the laws of the state of Kansas.
2d, The board of county commissioners of the county of Franklin, by deed, with full covenants, executed by the Ottawa Town Company, were seized of a good, absolute and indefeasible estate, in fee simple of and in all and singular,…
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