Kansas City v. Halvorson

This is an action by the city of Kansas City, Missouri, a municipal corporation, against H.H. Halvorson to recover certain money allegedly received by defendant as the result of an unlawful conspiracy to defraud the municipality thereof. Judgment for plaintiff for $154,129.21 and defendant appealed. The principal assignments question the jurisdiction of the trial court, the sufficiency of the petition and the substantiveness of the evidence.

[1] Defendant's contention that the trial court did not have jurisdiction is based upon the assertion that no "listing card" was ever filed in the cause…