McClung v. Snook

Citations

• 99 Kan. 355
• 161 P. 663

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Deed — Name of Grantee Erased and Another Inserted After Execution —Oral Consent of Grantor — Estoppel. The owners of the legal title to real estate made an agreement to execute and deliver a deed to the purchaser with the name of the grantee left blank, but tendered a deed with the purchaser’s name written in as grantee. Upon his objection they authorized his agent to erase the name written in and insert the name of his grantee, which was done. After the purchaser •had conveyed the property to innocent purchasers the grantors were estopped to deny the validity of their deed on the ground that the authority of an agent to make a change before delivering it must be in writing.</p>