Home Trust Co. v. Shapiro

The plaintiff, Home Trust Company, respondent herein, is a banking corporation engaged in business at Kansas City, Missouri. In February, 1924, it desired to find new business quarters. At that time, Alexander Rieger was its president, Nathan Rieger its treasurer, Gus A. Sievers its vice-president, and Sam Wedlan its secretary. For these new quarters, it selected the building at 1117-1119 Walnut street, Kansas City, Missouri, and at once began negotiations for the same. At such time, it appears that the Columbia Realty Company, a corporation, was the owner of the unexpired term of a…