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10 Kan. App. 407

Cunningham v. Smith

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Decided June 13, 1900

Court of Appeals of Kansas · decided 1900-06-13

<p>Practice, District Court — Action to Quiet Title — New Trial. Section 6, chapter 96, General Statutes of 1897 (Gen. Stat. 1899, § 4894), authorizing a new trial, applies only when suit is brought for the possession of real property, and does not apply to an action brought by one in possession against a person claiming an adverse interest, for the determination thereof.</p>

Relies on Swartzel v. Rogers

Affirmed · Decided 1900-06-13

¶1The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schoonover, J. :

¶2This action was brought by plaintiffs in error, as plaintiffs, against defendants in error, as defendants, in the district court of Elk county, to obtain a decree setting aside a former judgment of such court foreclosing a mortgage upon certain real estate occupied by plaintiffs as a homestead, and to have -the title of plaintiff thereto quieted.

¶3The only question presented to us is, Were the plaintiffs entitled, as a matter of right, to a second trial in the court below, under the provisions of section 6, chapter 96, General Statutes of 1897 (Gen. Stat. 1899, § 4894)?

¶4The record shows that plaintiffs were, at the time the action was commenced, in possession of the premises in question, and this action does not come within the class of actions for the recovery of real property. In similar cases, our supreme court has held that the *408defeated party was not entitled, as a matter of right, to a second trial. (Swartzel and others v. Rogers, 3 Kan. 374; Northrup & Chick v. Romary, 6 id. 240; Blackford v. Loveridge, 10 id. 101; Main v. Payne, 17 id. 610.)

¶5The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

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