Hapgood v. Morten
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Bourbon District Court. Action in the nature of ejectment, brought by A. O. G. Morten against Arestine C. Hapgood, March 17, 1881, to recover possession of block No. 2, in Williamstown, Bourbon county, and being five acres of land adjacent to the southern portion of the city of Fort Scott.
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Error from, Bourbon District Court. Action in the nature of ejectment, brought by A. O. G. Morten against Arestine C. Hapgood, March 17, 1881, to recover possession of block No. 2, in Williamstown, Bourbon county, and being five acres of land adjacent to the southern portion of the city of Fort Scott. At the May Term of the district court of Bourbon county for 1881, a trial was had and judgment rendered for the defendant; but the plaintiff demanded another or second trial in accordance with the provisions of the statute, and the court set aside the judgment, granted another trial, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
It is urged on the part of plaintiff in error (defendant below) that Morten, defendant in error (plaintiff below), could not maintain an action for the recovery of the possession of the real estate in controversy. It is conceded that on July 15,-1876, one J. M. Emmert and wife conveyed • the premises to Morten by warranty deed; that Emmert’s title was perfect from the government, as shown by the chain of title introduced, except it is alleged that as Emmert, on the 17th day of January, 1874, executed a bond for a deed of this land to one…
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