Payton v. Norris

Opinion op the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner

Eeversing.

Or April 1, 1930, Gf. H. Maxey, in coRsideratioR of $760, conveyed with, general warranty to W. E. Payton a tract of land in Plart county containing about twenty-six acres. The deed was acknowledged on that day before an officer, but Payton did not lodge it for record until September 29, 1930. The consideration was paid in a debt that Maxey then owed Payton. There was no house on the land. Maxey was living about a mile and a half from it on another tract of land. On July 24, 1930, Maxey executed to H. F. Norris an oil lease on the land, “in…