29 Kan. 412 | Kan. | 1883
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an action in ejectment, brought by defendant in error, plaintiff below, to recover the possession of. a tract of land in Jackson county. The petition was simply in the short form authorized by the statute, and alleged that the plaintiff was the owner and entitled to the possession of the land. The defendants answered, first by a general denial, and further by a count in which they alleged that they were the owners and in the possession, and also that they held certain tax titles upon the property. They also stated that they had paid a certain amount of taxes, and had made lasting and valuable improvements to a certain amount, and
The ruling of the district court will be affirmed.