Pope v. Pine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jochems, J.:

The plaintiff filed a petition seeking damages from the defendant for breach of an alleged contract to sell certain real estate to plaintiff. The court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition, and from that order appeal is taken to this court.

The petition alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was a resident of Pratt, Kan.; that the defendant was a resident of Waterloo, Iowa; that defendant owned certain lands in Hamilton county, Kansas, described in the petition; that plaintiff made a contract with defendant to buy the land at $8…