Sanford v. Weeks
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wabaunsee District Court. Action brought December 15, 1880, by Henry M. Weeks aud Joel P. Weeks, against Ephraim H. Sanford, to quiet title to the northeast fractioual quarter of section six, township fourteen, of range twelve, in Wabaunsee county, containing one hundred sixty-one and twenty-eight hundredths acres.
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Error from Wabaunsee District Court. Action brought December 15, 1880, by Henry M. Weeks aud Joel P. Weeks, against Ephraim H. Sanford, to quiet title to the northeast fractioual quarter of section six, township fourteen, of range twelve, in Wabaunsee county, containing one hundred sixty-one and twenty-eight hundredths acres. On March 18, 1881, E. H. Sanford filed a demurrer to the petition, which was overrule^ on August 18, 1881; and on August 24, 1881, E. H. Sanford filed an amended answer, setting up title and possession under a written contract with Miss S. E. Bartholomew, dated December…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action brought by Ephraim H. Sanford against Henry M. and Joel P. Weeks, to quiet title to a quarter-section of land in Wabaunsee county. Sanford claimed an equitable title to the land, and actual possession thereof, under a written contract from Miss S. E. Bartholomew, dated December 8, 1879, which was filed for record February 11, 1880; but this contract was not acknowledged. On September 27, 1880, Miss S. E. Bartholomew conveyed the land by warranty deed to the Weekses, which deed, duly acknowledged, was filed for record…
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