Creel v. Hammans

On July 11, 1930, S. W. Creel agreed in writing to sell to defendant Stella Hammans an undivided half interest in two hundred acres of land in Union county for $5,500, to be paid on or before July 11, 1940. On May 10, 1937, S. W. Creel assigned his interest in the contract to plaintiff, J. C. Creel, Jr., who brought this suit in 1941 to foreclose the contract. Defendants contend that plaintiff’s assignor did not own the half interest he contracted to sell. The question of title to the property is therefore important.

The two hundred acres were originally .owned by John F. White, who died in…