Colvin v. Butler

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Madison county. Decree for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.

The parties to this litigation, plaintiff and defendants, will be designated as they were in the trial court.

The following statement in the petition for appeal gives us a fairly comprehensive view of the situation here:

“L. P. Butler filed a bill in equity to recover of the executors of F. M. Colvin, deceased, $1,300.00, paid by Butler to said F. M. Colvin in his lifetime on a contract of sale of land by said Colvin to said Butler, the said $1,300.00 being a part of the purchase money. The bill…