Glass v. Mancuso

FRANKLIN FERRISS, Special Judge.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment which adjudged that a written contract relating to the sale of a restaurant in Kansas City had not been fully executed on October 13, 1965, when a fire gutted the restaurant premises. The lower court held that the seller, the Estate of Dan Mancuso, still held title to the restaurant at the time of the loss and ordered the purchase price returned to the buyer. The Mancuso Estate appealed from this order.

On April 29, 1965, Dan Mancuso died and in due course his widow, Helen Mancuso, was appointed administratrix of his…