Doster v. Sterling
Supreme Court of Kansas
Drrorfrom Manon District Court. ACTION by Doster against Sterling and another, to recover two town lots in Peabody. Trial at the May Term, 1883, and judgment for defendants. The plaintiff brings the case to this court. The opinion states the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
This was an action in the nature of ejectment, for the recovery of two town lots in Peabody. The plaintiff claimed title under a tax deéd made by the probate judge of Marion county in pursuance of “an act relating to town sites.” (Comp. Laws 1879, ch. 109.) He alleges that these lots were a part of the west half of section four, township twenty-two south, of range three east, in Marion countjr, Kansas, which prior to the 27th day of December, 1871, were public lands belonging to the United States; that on that day the same were duly…
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