Crebbin v. Powell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CuNningham, J. :

The plaintiff in error, a resident of Colorado, placed in the hands of his attorney in Denver a note, with a mortgage on lands in Comanche county, Kansas, securing it, for collection. This attorney forwarded the same to an attorney living at Coldwater, in Comanche county, for foreclosure, which was had, with a stay of sale for six months. It seems that the local attorney who procured the foreclosure removed from the county prior to the sale and left the further supervision of the matter with another attorney there. The plaintiff knew…