Blanchard v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Chase District Court. This action was brought in the district court of Finney county by Joseph R. Jackson to quiet title to several tracts of real estate in Finney county, amounting in the aggregate to about 10,000 acres, alleged to have been purchased by him from Ott & Tewks-bury in August, 1886, who had obtained title from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, which company had derived the property through a grant from the United States. Ben.
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Error from Chase District Court. This action was brought in the district court of Finney county by Joseph R. Jackson to quiet title to several tracts of real estate in Finney county, amounting in the aggregate to about 10,000 acres, alleged to have been purchased by him from Ott & Tewks-bury in August, 1886, who had obtained title from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, which company had derived the property through a grant from the United States. Ben. Blanchard and other parties who claimed an interest in the land were made defendants, and the prayer of the petition was that…
1Opinion of the Court
*243The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J. :
The lands purchased by Jackson, the title of which has been determined and quieted in this action, were part of a large grant formerly owned by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company. To dispose of these lands the railroad company organized a land department, and placed a commissioner in charge who employed local, field, and foreign agents to assist him. Blanchard had been employed as an agent of the company, and was therefore familiar with the different terms and plans upon which the lands were sold by the company. A list of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bras v. SheffieldSupreme Court of Kansas · 1892
- Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad v. FosterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888
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