Legal Opinion

National Land Co. v. Perry

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1879PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Error from Dickinson District Court. At the March Term, 1878, of the district court, Perry had judgment against the National Land Company, which brings the case here. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Brewer, J.:

In this case is presented one of those harsh time contracts for the sale of land, in which a forfeiture is sought to be enforced for non-payment at the stipulated *141time. That such contracts are valid and may be enforced, has already been decided, (M. R. Ft. Scott & G. R. R. Co. v. Brickley, 21 Kas. 275.) The district court decided against the forfeiture. No findings of fact were made, and the only question is, whether there was testimony which will sustain such decision. And we are constrained to think that there is. While such contracts are…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulp Railroad v. BrickleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Drollinger v. CarsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1916
  2. Stevens v. McDowellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1940
  3. Cue v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  4. Geffert v. GeffertSupreme Court of Kansas · 1916
  5. Kansas Lumber Co. v. HorriganSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887

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