Moore v. Peoples State Bank

Citations

• 114 Kan. 100
• 217 P. 299
• 1923 Kan. LEXIS 30

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Escrow — Alleged Unauthorized Surrender of Oil and Oas Lease — Authority Shown — Ratification Proven — Instructions. In an action against an escrow holder for alleged unauthorized surrender of an oil and gas royalty assignment, the evidence examined and held sufficient to maintain a defense that the surrender was authorized, and also that it was ratified; and held also that no prejudice to plaintiff resulted from an instruction to the’ jury, not erroneous in itself nor inconsistent with the other instructions, on one feature of the case which probably should have been ruled on as a matter of law.</p>