Legal Opinion

Mead v. Anderson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1888PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error from Shawnee District Court. The agreed statement of facts and the findings of the court show conclusively the following: In 1877 W. C. Mead purchased several tracts of land, all joining, and afterward, in 1877, be conveyed thirty acres out of the southeast corner and ten acres on the north side to his son, William Mead, who afterward resided on the ten-acre tract until 1881, when he reconveyed to his father the ten-acre tract, and moved upon the thirty-acre tract,…

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Error from Shawnee District Court. The agreed statement of facts and the findings of the court show conclusively the following: In 1877 W. C. Mead purchased several tracts of land, all joining, and afterward, in 1877, be conveyed thirty acres out of the southeast corner and ten acres on the north side to his son, William Mead, who afterward resided on the ten-acre tract until 1881, when he reconveyed to his father the ten-acre tract, and moved upon the thirty-acre tract, where he continued to reside until 1883, when he sold the tract to Beverly Anderson, the defendant in error, who has lived…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Smyles v. . HastingsNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  2. Holmes v. SeelyNew York Supreme Court · 1838
  3. Myers v. DunnSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
  4. Seeley v. BishopSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
  5. Taylor v. WarnakyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Unified School District No. 503 v. McKinneySupreme Court of Kansas · 1984
  2. Whitehouse v. CummingsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1890
  3. King v. American Rock CrusherSupreme Court of Kansas · 1925
  4. Looney v. BlackwoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  5. Borgen v. WiglesworthSupreme Court of Kansas · 1962

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