Furney v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action in which plaintiff sought to compel the defendant to reconvey an interest in real estate. Defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s petition was overruled and he appeals.

In her petition plaintiff alleges that the defendant corporation is a common-carrier railroad operating trains through Morris county, Kansas, and that it is in the hands of Guy A. Thompson, trustee in bankruptcy proceedings; that plaintiff is the owner of a tract of seventy-two acres in the southwest quarter of section 33, township 16, range 9, in Morris county,…