Wichita Great Empire Broadcasting, Inc. v. Gingrich

Meyer, J.:

This case arose when an abstracter relied only on the judgment docket in the office of the clerk of the district court pertaining to release of a lien on real estate, and it developed the judgment docket was incorrect.

The facts were stipulated to by the parties and are summarized here. On June 7, 1971, appellee Wichita Great Empire Broadcasting, Inc., obtained a judgment against one Bob Wurtz. This judgment became a lien on two pieces of real estate owned by Wurtz in Neosho County. On January 15, 1973, Wurtz conveyed one of these properties to the appellee Bank of Commerce in…