Cottrell v. Beard

John B. Robbins, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision denying appellants’ attempt to enforce a reservation to repurchase an interest in land set forth in a 1961 deed. We affirm the chancellor’s decision on the basis that the reservation is inapplicable to the situation before us.

On September 16, 1961, appellants, Lucille Beard Cottrell, Pearl Beard Crawford, and Virginia Beard Abbott, along with their five cotenants, conveyed their individual undivided 1/16 interests in land in Ouachita County to their cotenants and siblings, Ola Beard Meadows and John Carroll Beard. This deed…