Saylor v. Crooker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This action was brought by the appellants against Edwin R. Crooker, Geo. W. Moore, and L. H. Jackson, as sheriff of Labette county. The first count of the petition alleges, in substance, that the appellants were at the time of the filing of the petition, and during all times therein referred to, the legal owners in fee and in the open, notorious and exclusive pos*52session of a certain part of lot 4, block 160, in the city of Parsons, Labette county; that the appellants had executed to appellees Crooker and Moore an instrument in writing…