Legal Opinion

Ellsworth v. Hurt

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided March 4, 1944No. 36,047PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This action was to recover the price paid for certain blue-sky securities which were never delivered. It differs in one respect only from the cases of Deruy v. Hurt, No. 36,046, and Robinson v. Hurt, No. 36,052, (ante, p. 229) this day decided.

Here the bar of the statute of limitation was raised by Hurt’s bondsman, the Royal Indemnity Company. The bond which it furnished to qualify Hurt as a licensed broker of speculative securities contained all the requisites of the statute, including the following:

“Any person having a right of action…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Duke v. National Surety Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Illinois Ex Rel. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. Salo v. Pacific Coast Casualty Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Farmer v. RutherfordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1932
  5. Fairmont Cement Stone Manufacturing Co. v. DavisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Stevens v. Farmers Elevator Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1966
  2. Western Surety Company v. ChildersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1962
  3. Bartley v. BartleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1951
  4. Culver v. Mid-Continent Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1974
  5. Capriotti, Lemon & Associates, Inc. v. Johnson Service CompanyNevada Supreme Court · 1968

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