Watts v. Cook
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Allen District Court. Action in the nature of ejectment, brought by Watts and four others against Cook and another, for the recovery of certain real estate. The opinion states the facts. Trial at the June Term, 1879, of the district court, and judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs bring the case to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
PIorton, C. J.:
This was an action in the nature of ejectment, for the recovery of certain real property in Allen county. The plaintiffs in error (plaintiffs below) claimed title as heirs of Aaron Neal, deceased. The defendants in error (defendants below) relied for their title upon a guardian’s deed, of the date of March 22d, 1871. Counsel for the plaintiffs contends that the proceedings in the probate court, upon which the guardian’s deed was executed, were fatally defective and therefore of no validity. Several objections are taken to the…
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