Lockwood v. Halsey
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Harper District Court. Action brought by Milton W. Halsey against R. H. Look-wood, to recover $960 and interest, paid by Halsey to Lockwood as commission on an exchange of lands.
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Error from Harper District Court. Action brought by Milton W. Halsey against R. H. Look-wood, to recover $960 and interest, paid by Halsey to Lockwood as commission on an exchange of lands. The evidence shows that in 1883 Halsey was the owner of a large tract of land in Harper county, Kansas, and placed the same with Lockwood, a real-estate broker, for sale or trade, the contract being in writing, and is as follows: “I, the undersigned, Milton W. Halsey, postoffice Anthony, county of Harper, Kansas, have this day placed for sale in the hands of R. H. Lockwood, of Anthony, Kansas, as my agent,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Clogston, C.:
A great many errors are assigned, but as a review of the ruling upon the demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence will reverse the case, no attention will be paid to the remainder of the alleged errors. The record presents no claim of fraud on the part of Lockwood in the transaction, neither is there any evidence to show that Lockwood possessed any knowledge or information as to the situation, condition, or title to the Graham land in Tennessee, except what he gathered by correspondence with Graham and his agents, and there is no claim but that all of such information and…
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