Platte Land Co. v. Hubbard

Among the various propositions urged by the appellant against Hubbard’s recovery, but one ought to disturb the judgment and that only if the facts bring the case clearly within the statute of limitations. It would be so manifestly inequitable to permit the land company to keep Hubbard’s money without the conveyance or the ability to convey the land which was the consideration for its payment, that no court should hesitate in its conclusions unless staggered by some legal or equitable principle which stops its course.

In 1886, the Platte Land Company had attempted to acquire title to a good…