J.M. FORD, II and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ST. JOSEPH, as Co-Trustees of Albert L. Bartlett Trust, Plaintiffs/Appellants,
v.
RUSSELL W. WILLITS and CITIES SERVICE GAS CO., Defendants/Appellees, and RUSSELL W. WILLITS, Third Party Plaintiff/Cross-Appellant,
v.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and JEFFERSON COUNTY ABSTRACT CO., Third Party Defendants/Cross-Appellees.
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Opinion filed April 5, 1985.
Opinion filed April 5, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Larry R. Mears, of Duncan, Senecal, Bednar & Mears, Chartered, of Atchison, was on the brief for plaintiffs/appellants.
Peter K. Curran, of Petefish, Curran & Immel, of Lawrence, argued the cause and was on the briefs for defendant/appellee, third-party plaintiff/cross-appellant Russell W. Willits.
Janet Chubb, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Glenn D. Cogswell, of Topeka, was on the brief for defendant/appellee Cities Service Gas Company.
Alan V. Johnson, of Sloan, Listrom, Eisenbarth, Sloan and Glassman, of Topeka, argued the cause; and Deanne Watts Hay, of the same firm, and M. Dean Burkhead, of Riling, Norwood, Burkhead & Fairchild, Chartered, of Lawrence, were with him on the brief for third-party defendant/cross-appellee Jefferson County Abstract Company.
Milton P. Allen, Jr., of Allen, Cooley & Allen, of Lawrence, was on the brief for third-party defendant/cross-appellee, Board of County Commissioners.
Supreme Court of Kansas.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
MILLER, J.:
Plaintiffs, J.M. Ford, II, and the First National Bank of St. Joseph, as co-trustees of the Albert L. Bartlett trust, sought to quiet title to the trust's undivided one-fourth mineral interest in Jefferson County land which had been sold at a tax foreclosure sale to defendant Russell W. Willits some seven years earlier. Plaintiffs appeal from summary judgment entered...
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