Simpson v. Boring
Supreme Court of Kansas
jError from Bourbon District Court. Ejectment, brought by Boring, to recover possession of eighty acres of laud. Plaintiff claimed to be the legal and equitable owner, and to be entitled to the immediate possession.
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jError from Bourbon District Court. Ejectment, brought by Boring, to recover possession of eighty acres of laud. Plaintiff claimed to be the legal and equitable owner, and to be entitled to the immediate possession. Simpson answered, first, a general denial; second, paramount title in himself; third, “that the matter in dispute was res adjudieata, having once been litigated and decided in an action between the same parties in the same court,” making a profert and an exhibit of the record in an action of trespass formerly tried in said court, wherein “said William Simpson was plaintiff, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action in the nature of ejectment, brought by Ezekiel J. Boring against William Simpson to recover certain land in Bourbon county. The pleadings show that the title to the land passed originally from the government of the United States to the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company, and that the plaintiff claims title under and through said railroad company. The pleadings also show that the defendant claims adversely to both the plaintiff and the railroad company. He claims that at the time the patent for the land…
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