Landers v. Beck

It is alleged in the complaint of the appellees, that they are husband and wife; that the husband Francis M. Beck, owned land of the value of $15,000, personal property of the value of $4,000, and a judgment for $1,193; that he was indebted to a firm, of which the appellant was a member, in the sum of $2,500, and that on the 14th day of September, 1876, a verbal agreement was made between him and the appellant. This agreement is thus set forth in the complaint, viz.: “ In consideration that the plaintiffs would join in the execution of a deed, conveying the real estate aforesaid, and would…