Crawford v. Shaft

Opinion by

Green, C.:

On the 1st day of April, 1884, D. P. Shaft took possession of the west one-half of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 14, township 20, range 8, in Chase county, claiming the same under a tax deed. On the 5th day of April following, J. L. Crawford brought suit in ejectment, in the district court of Chase county, for the land, claiming title under a patent. The case was tried and resulted in a judgment in favor of Shaft, which judgment was reversed by this court, (Crawford v. Shaft, 35 Kas. 478,) and when again tried judgment…