Ward-Harrison Co. v. Kone

This case involves the question of priority of a certain vendor’s lien for $7,200, held by H. D. Kone, trustee, over other liens claimed on the same land by the Kansas City Life Insurance Company, as as-signee of the Ward-Harrison Mortgage Company. The material facts are substantially as follows:

On June 1, 1921, J. C. Harper deeded the land to Dave Harper. This deed was recorded on November 26, 1921. Against the land there existed outstanding liens approximating $10,000, which liens had been created by J. C. Harper’s predecessors in title, and were of record. These liens constituted first or…