Shire v. Farmers State Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

HopKins, J.:

Defendants appeal from a judgment setting aside a deed. Early in November, 1918, the plaintiff, who resided at Lincoln, Kan., began negotiations with defendants for the purchase of a stock of merchandise at Eustis, Neb. Plaintiff went to Eustis, taking with him a deed to the southeast quarter of section 2, township 14, range 27, Gove county, Kan., executed by himself and wife, with no grantee named therein. On the 22d of November the parties entered into a contract whereby plaintiff was to purchase from defendants a stock of goods then in…