Hiatt v. Price

Opinion op the Court bit

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

Prior to the 17th day of January, 1922, J. P. Bourne, a resident of Garrard county, was a man of standing in that community. He had held public office and was considered a man of means, having from time to time bought land which he later sold and with the proceeds and profits bought other and more valuable land. However, in the boom of land values which came during the late war and immediately thereafter, he seems to have overreached himself. In one land transaction entered into prior to 1922 he became indebted-, as finally determined, to the…