Legal Opinion

Douthitt v. Applegate

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1885PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error from, Linn District Court. ActioN brought by William Applegate against Elizabeth Ii. Douthitt, to set aside a certain deed of conveyance, and to quiet bis title to certain real estate. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and on the trial the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law as follows: FINDINGS OF FACT.

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Error from, Linn District Court. ActioN brought by William Applegate against Elizabeth Ii. Douthitt, to set aside a certain deed of conveyance, and to quiet bis title to certain real estate. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and on the trial the court made findings of fact and conclusions of law as follows: FINDINGS OF FACT. “1. That in the spring of 1881, and for several years prior thereto, plaintiff owned and was living with his wife and family upon the land in Linn county, Kansas, described as follows, to wit: Lots one, two, seven, and eight, in the southwest quarter of…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

VALENTINE, J.:

This was a,n action brought in the district court of Linn county, by William Applegate against Elizabeth H. Douthitt, to set aside a deed of conveyance, and to quiet his title to certain real estate. The deed was executed for the land in controversy by the plaintiff to the defendant on August 14, 1882, and the plaintiff alleges in his petition that it was procured by the defendant through fraud. The facts constituting the alleged fraud are in substance and in brief as follows: The defendant, being a designing and crafty woman, induced the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Stout v. EnnisSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882

3Cited by11 opinions

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