Howe v. Provident Loan & Investment Co.

Proudfit, District Judge.

This action is an appeal from the district court for Lancaster county, in which the appellees, Vinton S. Howe and Clara R. Howe, sought to recover damages from the appellant, Provident Loan & Investment Company, for damages for breach of an alleged oral contract of repurchase of certain securities which appellees had purchased from the appellant. A synopsis of the petition follows:

Appellees allege in their petition that they are husband and wife, and for more than 15 years have purchased bonds from the appellant, and that appellant orally represented to appellees that…