Harris v. Drenning

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff sued the defendant, a Topeka lawyer, for a balance alleged to be due on a sum collected by defendant on a fire insurance policy held by the plaintiff. Judgment was also prayed for on several small items of money involved in the details of this transaction.

The plaintiff’s house was burned. There was a fire insurance policy thereon for $1,200. The title to the house was vested in a loan company, and plaintiff had a contract for its purchase on small monthly payments. Many items of payments due under the contract of purchase were…