McCauslin v. McGuire
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Jefferson District Court. Action for partition of real property, brought by William B. McCauslin, Charles F. McCauslin, John Gregg, John W. Corwine, George Corwine, Christian Blaser, Ellen E. McCauslin, Harriet F. Millar, George B. Millar and Frank Millar, as plaintiffs, who claimed that they were the owners of the undivided one-half of a certain quarter-section of land.
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Error from Jefferson District Court. Action for partition of real property, brought by William B. McCauslin, Charles F. McCauslin, John Gregg, John W. Corwine, George Corwine, Christian Blaser, Ellen E. McCauslin, Harriet F. Millar, George B. Millar and Frank Millar, as plaintiffs, who claimed that they were the owners of the undivided one-half of a certain quarter-section of land. The plaintiffs admitted that McGuire, the defendant, was the owner of the other one-half interest, but he claimed title in fee to the entire tract. ' The tax deed under which defendant claimed title is set out in…
1Opinion of the Court
*244The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was an action brought by plaintiffs in error against McGuire, for the partition of a certain quarter-section of real estate. The plaintiffs in error claim to own an undivided-half of said real estate. The defendant in error claims to own the whole of it. The plaintiffs’ title is as follows: Patent for the land from the United States to David Eckert, dated October 1st 1858; deed of general warranty for the land, from Eckert to Morris S. Knight, dated August 9th 1857; deed for an undivided-half of the land from Knight to two of the…
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