Branner v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Coffey District Cov/rt. The action in the court below was against Chapman and Crocker, the latter being sued as county clerk.
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Error from Coffey District Cov/rt. The action in the court below was against Chapman and Crocker, the latter being sued as county clerk. The petition alleges that Branner. is the owner of certain lands lying in Coffey county; that' Chapman was the agent of plaintiff to pay taxes on said lands, and while being and acting as such agent Chapman took certain tax-sale certificates on said lands in his (Chapman’s) own name to secure himself for certain moneys advanced by him for plaintiff; that Chapman now claims to own and hold said certificates in his own right, and threatens to take tax-deeds…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.;
This action was commenced in the district court of Coffey county by Benjamin Branner as plaintiff against C. B. Chapman and Allen Crocker, county clerk of Coffey county, as defendants. A summons was issued by the clerk of said court and directed to the sheriff of said Coffey county. The summons was served on Chapman alone, and it was served on him by a deputy-sheriff of Lyon county. No service of any summons was made on Crocker; and the deputy-sheriff of Lyon county had no authority to serve said summons on Chapman except such authority…
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