NICHOLS CO. v. MEREDITH

No. 43,342

192 Kan. 648 (1964)

391 P.2d 136

J.C. NICHOLS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee, v. LOREN W. MEREDITH and EDITH A. MEREDITH, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward D. Martin, of Topeka, argued the cause, and A. Harry Crane, Arthur L. Claussen, Harvey D. Ashworth, and Raymond L. Spring, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for the appellants.

John W. Breyfogle, Jr., of Olathe, argued the cause, and Peter A. Martin, of Olathe, and William V. McLeese, of Kansas City, Missouri, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

J.C. Nichols Company, a corporation, plaintiff (appellee), brought this action against Loren W. Meredith and Edith A. Meredith, defendants (appellants), for the specific performance of a real estate contract dated April 9, 1959, whereby the Nichols company agreed to buy and the Merediths agreed to sell an unimproved 80-acre tract of land in Johnson county.

The Nichols company, through its agent C...

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