Browning v. Blair

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This case involves two appeals, the first from an order of the lower court appointing a receiver, and the second from an order overruling the demurrers to plaintiffs’ amended petition. We will treat the appeals in order.

The Chetopa Advance, a newspaper published in the town of Chetopa, was formerly owned by Howard C. and Lillian L. B. King; the plaintiffs Orrin L. Browning and Rosalee M. Browning, husband and wife, purchased the newspaper and equipment on January 30, 1945, under a conditional sale contract signed by both the Brownings and a…