Huff v. Doerr

This suit, which arose in a justice court, is for the balance due on various contracts had between plaintiff and defendant. There was a verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $375 and defendant has appealed.

The facts show that defendant and Mrs. Finley owned about 1200 feet of ground fronting on Prospect Avenue between 60th and 62d Street in Kansas City, Missouri; defendant owned the south half of the ground and Mrs. Finley owned the north half. Defendant’s husband was in charge of Mrs. Finley’s property and carried on verbal negotiations with plaintiff as agent for the building of a…