Smith v. Chipley

This suit was instituted by H. D. Chipley, plaintiff, on October 28, 1926, in the district court of Lubbock county, Tex., against Morton J. Smith, the defendant, to recover the sum of $3,884, with interest thereon at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum from January 1, 1923.

On May 24, 1927, the plaintiff filed his amended original petition, in which he alleges ;

That about November 22, 1922, he was the owner of an interest under a certain contract theretofore made between himself and Minnie Slaughter Veal and her husband relative to the sale of 19,617.28 acres of land, situated in Cochran county,…