Wilson v. Woolverton

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.;

This was an action to recover rents. Plaintiff was the owner of a half section of land which was leased to the defendant Woolverton. On June 14, 1929, when the wheat on said land was still growing and unmatured, defendant Mangus, who was a real-estate agent and was the agent of defendant Heston, wrote plaintiff a letter stating, in part:

*664“I am inclosing Kansas form of warranty deed, for your execution to John F. Heston, who has placed in the First National Bank, Goodland, Kan., the sum of one hundred dollars as earnest money. If married, have…