Geiger v. Hansen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This action was filed to recover a balance of $42,500 claimed to be due on a contract for the sale of corporate stock. The plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Geiger, recovered judgment in the lower court and the defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Hansen, have appealed.

Mr. Geiger commenced the operation of a grain elevator in Everest,. Kansas, in about 1933. For a good many years Mr. Hansen was employed as assistant manager and bookkeeper for the business. He was apparently a valued and trusted employee, as well as a friend, and relations between the Geigers…