McAlpine v. Reicheneker
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action by Nicholas McAlpine against Helen C. Reicheneker, personally and as administratrix of the estate of Nelson A. Reicheneker, deceased, to recover $4,000, -which he paid to her upon a real-estate transaction during the year 1887. The contract under which the money was paid is as follows : “ Received of Nicholas McAlpine $1,500 in part payment of the purchase-money for lands belonging to the estate of Nelson A. Reicheneker, located in…
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Error from Wyandotte District Court. Action by Nicholas McAlpine against Helen C. Reicheneker, personally and as administratrix of the estate of Nelson A. Reicheneker, deceased, to recover $4,000, -which he paid to her upon a real-estate transaction during the year 1887. The contract under which the money was paid is as follows : “ Received of Nicholas McAlpine $1,500 in part payment of the purchase-money for lands belonging to the estate of Nelson A. Reicheneker, located in the southeast quarter of section 34, town 10, range 25, and the northeast fractional quarter of section 3, in town 11,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.
*106i. vendor and “SS contract?' *104: The record discloses that Me Alpine obtained only an option for the purchase of the Reich - eneker land, of which Helen C. Reieheneker, the widow of Nelson A. Reieheneker, deceased, owned a interest, while the remaining interests were bwned by the minor children. When the agreement was made, in April, 1887, no authority to sell the land had been procured from the probate court by Mrs. Reieheneker, but the following month an order was made by the probate court conferring upon her the right to sell the land. It…
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