Winn v. Lippincott Investment Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Coivrt. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The petition as to plaintiff’s second cause of action should not have been dismissed. The facts alleged stated the existence of a lien, which plaintiffs can enforce; also a personal liability of the Lippincott Investment Company, upon which plaintiffs are entitled to personal judgments, and which said lien secured.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Coivrt. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The petition as to plaintiff’s second cause of action should not have been dismissed. The facts alleged stated the existence of a lien, which plaintiffs can enforce; also a personal liability of the Lippincott Investment Company, upon which plaintiffs are entitled to personal judgments, and which said lien secured. (2) The court should have rendered judgment for plaintiffs on the cause of action set out in second count of the petition. (3) The Lippincott Investment Company, having by the terms of the deed assumed and agreed to…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
On February 26, 1887, the Winner Investment Company of Kansas City, Missouri, represented by its president, W. E. Winner, made the following proposition to W. Y. Lippineott, Jr., of the same place, in a letter of that date addressed to him, as follows:
“W. V. Lippineott, JEsq., City:
“Deab Sib: — I will sell you the lands known as South Evanston, containing 131 1-2 acres, more or less, for $131,000, upon the following terms: $16,000 cash and $115,000 in bonds, drawing 8 per cent., running 1, 2 and 3 years, and secured upon the lands as follows: $48,000, secured upon the south 55 acres of the…
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