Nelson v. Forbes & Sons

Appellant Nelson brought this action against appellees Forbes & Sons to recover twelve bales of cotton which had been mortgaged to him in the State of Oklahoma by W. M. Bromley. The cotton was brought into this State and sold to appellees at ITackett, Arkansas, by Z. R. Smith, to whom it had been turned over by Bromley in payment of an alleged rent note.

Smith had contracted1 to sell Bromley the land ou which the cotton was grown, and on November 11, 1919, executed a deed to Bromley for the recited consideration of $7,500 cash in hand paid. This deed was not then delivered, but was placed in…