14 Kan. 148 | Kan. | 1875
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Statement ofcase. On the 7th of July, 1868, Peter Clippinger and wife executed a deed to Aaron W. Manchester of a tract of land. The material portion of the deed is as follows: Said grantors “have bargained, sold and quitclaimed, and by these presents do bargain, sell and quitclaim, unto the said Aaron ~W. Manchester, his heirs and assigns forever, all our right, title, interest, estate, claim and demand, both in law and in equity, as well in possession as in expectation, * * * with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and we also do promise to defend the property against all claims, if any should come up against said property.” On the 24th of May 1870 Manchester and wife executed a warranty deed of said premises to plaintiff. Plaintiff, in January 1874, filed his petition, setting out the execution of these deeds, and averring that at the time of defendant’s conveyance he was not seized in fee simple of said lands, and had not defended the same against .the lawful claims of all persons, but that one Eli Finley was the owner, and that- said Finley, in August 1872, commenced an action against said plaintiff to recover the possession, and did in said action recover the possession, and that under said judgment plaintiff was, in September 1873, evicted from said premises. A demurrer to said petition was sustained, and of this ruling plaintiff in error complains.