Hyde Park Investment Co. v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Atchison District Court. Action by The First National Bank of Atchison against The Hyde Park Investment Company and others. Trial before Hon. B. P. Waggener, judge pro tern. Judgment was rendered against the defendant company. It brings error against the bank, which has also filed a cross-petition against defendant King. The facts appear in the opinion, filed November 9, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.: In 1887 Jesse C. Crall owned about 17i acres of land near the city of Atchison, which he sold to Samuel C. King for $17,000. The purchase was made by King for a syndicate of 15 persons, but the deed from Crall was taken and held in King's name until the persons composing the syndicate had organized themselves into a corporation. Crall took two shares in the purchase of $1,000 each, leaving $15,000 due to him upon the land, one-lxalf of which was paid when the deed from Crall was executed, and for the balance King executed a note or paper…
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