Duclos v. Turner

This is a suit by appellant Duclos to enforce the specific performance of a contract to sell him a farm in Mississippi county. The contract was executed upon a form prescribed by the Federal Department of Agriculture, designated as F. S. A.-LE-188B. It appears to be, in substance, the same form of contract involved in the case of Killingsworth v. Tatum, 203 Ark. 354, 157 S. W. 2d 30, and its purpose was to enable persons who met the Government’s requirements to borrow money from the Government with which to purchase farm lands to be used as a home by the purchaser.

The relevant portions of the…