Buck v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff, a resident of Miami county, brought this suit to enjoin the assessment of certain notes and mortgages owned by him, but. kept in Kansas City, Mo. The proceeds of a business sold by the plaintiff in Wyoming were forwarded to the Maxwell Investment Company at Kansas City, Mo., and later a power of attorney was executed, by the terms of which the company was authorized—

“To engage for me in my behalf in the investment of all funds in its hands or that may come into its hands belonging to me in loaning the same on notes secured by…