Legal Opinion

O'Brien v. Wetherell

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1875PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error from Osage District Court. Ejectment, brought by Wetherell as plaintiff, against Bridget O’Brien, and Michael, her husband, and one O’Neil, as defendants, to recover the possession of “Lot 24, and a four-foot strip off Lot No. 23, making 29 feet front in Block 14 in "Wetherell’s addition to the town of Osage City.”

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Error from Osage District Court. Ejectment, brought by Wetherell as plaintiff, against Bridget O’Brien, and Michael, her husband, and one O’Neil, as defendants, to recover the possession of “Lot 24, and a four-foot strip off Lot No. 23, making 29 feet front in Block 14 in "Wetherell’s addition to the town of Osage City.” Wetherell had formerly owned said property, and had sold and conveyed the same by deed to one Reber, upon certain terms and conditions in said deed expressed and set forth. This deed is copied in full in the opinion, infra. Reber sold and conveyed the land to a party who…

1Opinion of the Court

*618The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action of ejectment brought by Wetherell against Bridget O’Brien, Michael O’Brien, and Michael O’Neil, to eject the defendants from a certain lot or parcel of land in Wetherell’s addition to the town of Osage City. The theory upon which the plaintiff expects to recover is, as we would infer from the record and briefs of counsel, as follows: The plaintiff at one time owned the property in dispute. lie transferred the property by deed to one Theodore L. Reber, upoii the expressed condition that no intoxicating liquors should…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Silver Lake Bank v. NorthNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
  2. Plumb v. . TubbsNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
  3. Land Grant Railway & Trust Co. v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1870
  4. State v. Boston, Concord & Montreal RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1853
  5. Fitch v. BaldwinNew York Supreme Court · 1819

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Ritchie v. Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1895
  2. Ferris v. American Brewing Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1900
  3. State ex rel. Godard v. Topeka Water Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1900
  4. Wright v. JenksSupreme Court of Kansas · 1927
  5. Baldridge v. CentgrafSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910

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