Cockins v. Bank of Alma
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Harlan county: Harry S. Dungan, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
Action for alleged conversion of plaintiff’s money. Plaintiff prevailed, and defendants appeal.
In March, 1905, plaintiff resided in Lawrence, Kansas, and owned a farm near Alma, Nebraska, extending across the state line into Kansas. About 1903 he authorized defendants Porter & Griffen, who are in the real estate business in Alma, to sell said land. March 22, 1905, Porter & Griffen telegraphed and telephoned plaintiff that they had sold his land subject to his approval for $40 an acre. Plaintiff wired his acceptance of the sale, and went to Alma, arriving there in the forenoon of the 25th.…
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