Legal Opinion
Shepard v. Dick
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided April 12, 1969No. 45,301PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Fromme, J.:
A. M. Shepard filed this action to obtain specific performance of a contract to convey a 400 acre farm in Labette county, Kansas. Curtis N. Dick and Edith Mae Dick answered seeking cancellation of the contract. They alleged the consideration for the sale was so grossly inadequate it shocked the conscience and the contract was procured by fraud, coercion and overreaching on the part of plaintiff.
A trial was had to the court. Specific performance was denied. Cancellation of the contract was decreed and plaintiff has appealed.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hamilton v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
- Sutherland v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Kansas · 1961
- In Re Estate of GoffSupreme Court of Kansas · 1963
- Osborn v. LesserSupreme Court of Kansas · 1968
- Shoop v. BurnsideSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
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3Cited by11 opinions
- McGlothlin v. WilesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1971
- Miller v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1989
- Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch v. William I. KochCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Moore v. LutherCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 2001
- Schmidt v. Farmers Elevator Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1971
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