Legal Opinion

Moore v. McPherson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided February 7, 1920No. Nos. 22,378, and 22,379PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from Cowley district court; Oliver P..Fuller, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This appeal relates to the predicament of a , junior mortgagee where the mortgaged property was sold in foreclosure for a sum merely sufficient to satisfy the judgment of the senior mortgagee, and where the junior mortgagee was the purchaser at the foreclosure sale.

Abner B. McPherson and wife owned some town lots in Arkansas City, and mortgaged them to Dido C. Moore to secure an indebtedness of $1,500. Some time later McPherson and wife gave a second mortgage on this property to the Union State Bank of Arkansas City to secure a loan (or…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Norton v. ReardonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
  2. Capital Bank v. HuntoonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  3. Martindale v. BatteySupreme Court of Kansas · 1906
  4. Carter v. HyattSupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  5. Wyandotte State Bank v. MurraySupreme Court of Kansas · 1911

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. McFall v. FordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1931
  2. Hoffman v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1943
  3. State Ex Rel. Com'rs of the Land Office v. WardenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
  4. J. B. Colt Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1928
  5. Smith v. ShaverSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923

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