Legal Opinion

Orr v. McKee

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 31, 1896PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The court does not find that this property was sold for a grossly inadequate price, but even if it had been there would have been no justification for setting aside the sale. Kline v. Vogel, 11 Mo.. App. 211; Million v. McBee, 9 Mo. App. 344; Gordon v. O’Neill, 96 Mo. 350; Walters v. Nermann, 99 Mo. 529; Maloney v.Webb, 112 Mo. 585, and cases cited.

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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) The court does not find that this property was sold for a grossly inadequate price, but even if it had been there would have been no justification for setting aside the sale. Kline v. Vogel, 11 Mo.. App. 211; Million v. McBee, 9 Mo. App. 344; Gordon v. O’Neill, 96 Mo. 350; Walters v. Nermann, 99 Mo. 529; Maloney v.Webb, 112 Mo. 585, and cases cited. (2) Equity will never set aside a transaction because of a mistake when both parties have the same knowledge, or the same means’ of knowledge. Bales v. Perry, 51 Mo. 453. (3)…

1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.

On the eleventh day of January, 1887, Jennie McKee and William McKee, her husband, purchased from the defendant Bunker a lot in Troost Highlands, an addition to Kansas City-, Missouri, at the price of $3,000, paying in cash $1,000, and on the same day executed to defendant Winner as trustee for Bunker, a deed of trust on the same lot, to secure the payment of two promissory notes for $1,000 each, given by Mrs. McKee and husband for the balance of the purchase money, one due in one year from its date and the other in two years from its date. Bunker indorsed both notes and sold the last one…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hardwicke v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dunn v. McCoySupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
  2. Sheridan v. NationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
  3. Daggett Hardware Co. v. Brown-LeeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905
  4. Bauer Development LLC v. BOK Financial Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2009

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