Case Name: Ella Busey et al., Appellants, v. William Stockhoff et al., Appellees
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1913-02-08
Citations: 88 Kan. 729
Docket Number: No. 17,935
Parties: Ella Busey et al., Appellants, v. William Stockhoff et al., Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 88
Pages: 729–729

Head Matter:
Ella Busey et al., Appellants, v. William Stockhoff et al., Appellees.
No. 17,935.
HEADNOTE BY THE REPORTER.
Estates Tail—May be Barred by Conveyance in this State. The statute de donis and the rule of the common law expressed therein relating to estates tail are in full force and effect in Kansas, and an estate tail is capable of being barred by a conveyance of record made by the tenant in tail.
Appeal from Wyandotte district court, division No. 2.
Opinion filed February 8, 1913.
Affirmed.
J. N. Baird, of Kansas City, for the appellants.
H. L. Alden, and Junius W. Jenkins, both of Kansas City, for the appellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Action in ejectment. The defendants had judgment for costs. The plaintiffs appeal.
The case is controlled by the decision just handed down in Ewing v. Nesbitt, ante, p. 708, 129 Pac. 1135, in which it is held that the statute de donis and the rule of the common law expressed therein are in full force and effect in this state, and that an estate tail is capable of being barred by a conveyance of record made by the tenant in tail. It follows therefore that the conveyance made to the defendants by Robert O'Donnell, the sole surviving tenant in tail, and his wife, Huida O'Donnell, barred the issue born and unborn of the tenants in tail as well as the donors' reversion.
.The judgment is affirmed.