Legal Opinion · Dissent

Ratliffe v. Cease

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 12, 1917No. 20,406Published

Appeal from Sedgwick district court, division No. 2; Thornton W. Sargent, judge.

1DissentWest, J.

(dissenting) : In the case chiefly relied on, Kershaw v. Schafer, 88 Kan. 691, 129 Pac. 1137, the defendant profited in a large amount by his own fraud. Such were the facts in the other cases cited by the defendant. Our attention is called to no authority holding the plaintiff liable beyond the loss of his commission. When the' defendant became fully advised that her vendee instead of paying her the $500 .had agreed to pay it to her agent she “wanted the deal to go through.”

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kershaw v. SchaferSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913

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