Crimmins v. Morrisey
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Washington District Court. Action brought August 1, 1884, by Mary Ellen Crimmins against Ellen Morrisey and Michael Morrisey, to set aside a deed of conveyance for certain real estate situated in Washington county, executed by the plaintiff to the defendant, Ellen Morrisey. The defendants filed separate answers and separate amended answers, and the plaintiff replied.
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Error from Washington District Court. Action brought August 1, 1884, by Mary Ellen Crimmins against Ellen Morrisey and Michael Morrisey, to set aside a deed of conveyance for certain real estate situated in Washington county, executed by the plaintiff to the defendant, Ellen Morrisey. The defendants filed separate answers and separate amended answers, and the plaintiff replied. The third defense set forth in the amended answer of the defendant, Ellen Morrisey, reads as follows: “3. For further answer to the petition of the plaintiff on file herein, this defendant says: That this defendant now…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
Mary Ellen Crimmins, the plaintiff in this action, who was formerly Mary Ellen Sheridan, alleged *451in her petition in detail, but in substance as follows: She and her sister, Catherine Julia Sheridan, inherited from their father, Thomas Sheridan, deceased, certain lands in Washington county, Kansas, among which was the land now in controversy. She and her sister were then little girls; but on March 4, 1883, she arrived at the age of eighteen years, and on August 4,1883, while still unacquainted with business and a single woman, was induced…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Newkirk v. MarshallSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
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