McElroy v. Security National Bank of Kansas City, Kansas

ARTHUR J. STANLEY, Jr., Chief Judge.

In this action, plaintiff, the administrator of the estate of Jacob Gershon, deceased, seeks to cancel a promissory note in the amount of $65,000, and an instrument captioned “Assignment of Stock, Separate From Certificate,” both of which purportedly were executed by the deceased. The plaintiff also seeks the possession of a stock certificate representing 800 shares of American Telephone and Telegraph Company stock which purportedly was pledged as collateral security for the payment of the note. The plaintiff alleges that the deceased was mentally…