Rockhill Tennis Club of Kansas City v. Volker

This suit is for the specific performance of a contract to convey real estate, something over three acres of land in Kansas City, part of the estate of the late William Rockhill Nelson, well known editor and philanthropist. The plaintiff, as its name indicates, is a tennis club organized and incorporated by a proforma decree of the Circuit Court of Jackson County under our statutes relating to the incorporation of organizations for benevolent, religious, scientific and educational purposes, now Article 10 of Chapter 32, Revised Statutes 1929, Sections 4996, et seq. The plaintiff desires to…