Livick v. Piqua State Bank

Citations

• 96 Kan. 5
• 149 P. 676
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 303

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Mortgages — Refusal to Enter Satisfaction of Record■ — Statutory Damages — Not a Penalty — Statute Constitutional. The provisions of section 5202 of the General Statutes of 1909 authorizing a mortgagor to recover from the mortgagee $100 damages for refusing to enter satisfaction of a real-estate mortgage is not in conflict with section 6 of article 6 of the constitution, which declares that the proceeds of fines for any breach of the penal laws shall be exclusively applied to the support of common schools.</p>