Miller v. Fels

WELBORN, Commissioner.

This action was brought by George W. Miller, Marie McCanles and A. C. Bay, as statutory trustees of a defunct corporation, Ward Park Building Company, against Arthur Fels, Arthur Fels Co. (formerly Arthur Fels Bond & Mortgage Co.) and Western Holding Corporation. The plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment that they were the owners of $30,000 first mortgage bonds in the possession of the defendants. The bonds were claimed to be secured by a first mortgage deed of trust on an apartment building in Kansas City, known as Casa Loma West, title to which was held by Western…