Middendorf v. Kansas Power & Light Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for the alleged negligent transfer of corporate stock by the defendant. The defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiffs’ petition was sustained, and plaintiffs have appealed.

In the petition it was alleged that defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of Kansas; that plaintiffs’ father, Gustav J. Plamann, was the owner of three certificates for ten shares each of the capital stock of the defendant corporation; that he made his last will and testament, by the terms of which he bequeathed all of his…