Doty v. Bassett
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Greenwood District Court. Action by Oren Doty against Albert Bassett, to recover the southwest quarter of section 17, township 23 south, of range 10 east, in Greenwood county, basing his claim thereto upon a patent from the United States, dated November 11, 1872, to A. P. Hamilton, who conveyed to Alvin Poor, by warranty deed, November 25, 1878. Poor conveyed the land to Doty by warranty deed, February 4,1879. The nature of Bassett’s claim to said land is stated…
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Error from Greenwood District Court. Action by Oren Doty against Albert Bassett, to recover the southwest quarter of section 17, township 23 south, of range 10 east, in Greenwood county, basing his claim thereto upon a patent from the United States, dated November 11, 1872, to A. P. Hamilton, who conveyed to Alvin Poor, by warranty deed, November 25, 1878. Poor conveyed the land to Doty by warranty deed, February 4,1879. The nature of Bassett’s claim to said land is stated in the opinion herein. Trial in the court below at the January term, 1888. The court found that the defendant had the…
1Per curiam
The land in controversy was located by A. P. Hamilton with a land warrant, on June 6, 1871, and was approved August 20, 1872. It was assessed for taxes in the spring of 1871, before the location of the land warrant, and while it was government land. It was sold to the county in May, 1872, for $4.84 for the tax wrongfully assessed against it in 1871. The land has always been vacant. The taxes for the year 1872, and each year since, have been paid by Oren Doty or his grantors. In October, 1877, an action was begun in the district court of Greenwood county to subject a large number of pieces of…
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