Perry v. Smith
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Crawford District Court. At the January Term, 1883, plaintiff Smith recovered a judgment against defendant Perry, who brings it here for .review. The opinion states the nature of the action, and the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
On February 12,1878, and prior thereto, W. L. Taylor, who then resided in the town of Cherokee, in Crawford county, Kansas, was the equitable owner of forty acres of land near that town, and was the absolute owner of one-half of a town lot, with a little house thereon, situated in the town. The legal title to the land was in the Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf railroad company, but Taylor had a contract for the purchase thereof. The legal title to the half-lot was in Taylor. Taylor at that time was in feeble health, and, expecting soon…
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