Baker v. Taylor & Co.

Ed. F. MoFaddin, Justice.

This appeal results from .the unsuccessful effort of appellants to recover a deposit made on a land purchase contract.

The real estate of Arthur McCoy was owned by his heirs in eight equal shares: seven shares being owned by his seven surviving adult children, and one share by his two minor grandchildren, whose guardian is The Simmons National Bank. The McCoy heirs listed the lands for sale with Taylor & Company, a real estate agency, hereinafter called “Taylor”. On June 15, 1949, appellants (Cone C. Baker and Maye Baker, his wife) executed a written instrument,…