Kansas Pacific Railway Co. v. Dunmeyer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Saline District Court. Action by Dunmeyer, for breach of covenant of possession. Trial at the May Term 1876, and judgment for plaintiff. The Bailway Company, defendant, brings the case here.
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Error from Saline District Court. Action by Dunmeyer, for breach of covenant of possession. Trial at the May Term 1876, and judgment for plaintiff. The Bailway Company, defendant, brings the case here. All necessary facts are set forth in the opinion, infra. for plaintiff in error, contending that an allegation that “eviction was by due course of law,” was not sustained by a proof of constructive eviction, cited Rawle on Cov. 249' 5 Iowa, 89; 17 111. 185; 11 N. H. 74; 51 Ind. 519. A party cannot allege one thing, and prove its equivalent by proving a different thing: 4 Sandf. 665; 8 Kas. 568.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
On the 11th of November 1875 an action was commenced in the court below by Lewis Dunmeyer against the K. P. Rly. Co., to recover-damages because, by a deed dated 12th November 1870 the railway company sold and conveyed to the said Dunmeyer certain real estate, described as the W. \ of the S.E. -J, and the E. J of the S. W. f of section 25, in township 13 south, range 2 west of 6th P. M., Kansas, and covenanted therein to warrant and defend “the possession of the said premises” to the said Dunmeyer, but after the execution of said deed the…
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