Wilson v. Emig
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Ellis District Court. Action for the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of certain land. Judgment for plaintiff Emig, on June 13, 1887. The defendants Wilson and two others bring the case to this court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Green, C.:
This was an action brought by George S. Emig, in the district court of Ellis county, against Joseph E. Wilson and others, for the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of certain real estate in Ellis county, The facts, so far as they are material, are: Joseph E. Wilson became the owner of the land in controversy in 1869, by a patent from the government; the Union Pacific railway'company had a right-of-way through said land and occupied said right-of-way at the time and before the land was patented to Wilson; in the year 1886, Wilson placed the land in the…
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