Loucks v. McCormick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This was an action to cancel a quitclaim deed alleged to have been obtained by fraud.

The facts leading up to the execution of the deed are not in dis pute. Although P. S. McCormick, the divorced husband of Ethel, is named as defendant, he did not participate in the transaction in controversy or the trial of the case, therefore we will refer to Ethel K. McCormick as the defendant and appellee. In 1938 Charles A. Loucks employed the defendant, Ethel K. McCormick, in his abstract business at Lakin, Kansas. The next year a partnership was…