Robertson v. Rock Island Lumber & Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 74 Kan. 117
• 85 P. 799

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Ejectment — Evidence of Title — Deed—Stranger in Possession. Where the title to real property is shown to. have vested in seven trustees for the benefit of a church, a deed subsequently executed by two’ of these trustees and two other persons,, the four assuming to act in behalf of the church, in the absence of any showing that these two other persons were in fact trustees, or that the four had authority to bind the church, is no evidence of title when offered against a stranger to the deed, who is in possession, by one who fails to show that either he or any one through whom he claims ever had possession.</p>