Harris v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wabaunsee District Court. Action by Harris against Pratt, to partition the N. E. -}: of sec. 10, tp. 12, range 13, in Wabaunsee county — plaintiff alleging that he was the owner of an undivided half thereof, and that the defendant was the owner of the other half.
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Error from Wabaunsee District Court. Action by Harris against Pratt, to partition the N. E. -}: of sec. 10, tp. 12, range 13, in Wabaunsee county — plaintiff alleging that he was the owner of an undivided half thereof, and that the defendant was the owner of the other half. The defendant in his answer claimed that he was the owner of the entire tract of land, and alleged that he was in possession thereof Trial by the court, at the March Term, 1885. The court made the following findings of fact and conclusions of law: findings of fact. “1. On the 23d day of May, 1877, Charles Orme and Thos. E.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
The only question presented for consideration is, the admission of certain deeds and proceedings in bankruptcy in evidence, over the objection of the plaintiff below. If the deed and proceedings admitted were improperly admitted, the judgment ought to have been for the plaintiff instead of for the defendant. The deeds objected to were, first, the deed of assignment of the bankrupt estate of Charles Orme and Thomas E. Phillips by John W. Ray, register in bankruptcy, to James H. Ruddell, assignee; and second, a deed by the said James H. Ruddell, assignee, to George P.…
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