Clapp v. Maurer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is a dispute over the ownership of a town lot in Wichita. In 1903, Hetty Berk and J. B. Berk, who then owned the property, conveyed to “ J. E. Liggett, president of the National Home Building Company,” and received therefor $200 in cash and a mortgage to secure the payment of the balance, $150, executed as follows: “The National Home Building Company, J. E. Liggett, President.” Not long after, the company went into the hands of a receiver, and the receiver gave a quitclaim deed to the Berks to satisfy the mortgage, leaving them in…