WATKINS v. HOVEY

No. 6070.

88 F.Supp. 478 (1950)

WATKINS v. HOVEY et al.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

January 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. C. Woods, Harry A. Hall, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Walter J. Gresham, Kansas City, Mo., for defendant Hovey.

Wm. T. Alford, John A. McGuire, Kansas City, Mo., for defendants Hunter and LeVan.


REEVES, Chief Judge.

The motion to dismiss challenges the jurisdiction of the court. The plaintiff sues for the recovery of $1,000.00 deposited as earnest money on a contract for the purchase of specified real estate in Kansas City, Missouri. The contract was not carried out and the failure, as alleged in the complaint, was not the fault of plaintiff. Under such circumstances it was his belief that he was entitled to recover from defendants the $1,000.00 paid or deposited...

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