Lewis v. Gray

A.J. Lewis instituted this action November 15, 1944, against W.F. Bell, Luther Gray, and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a corporation, hereinafter designated "Metropolitan," to enjoin the execution of a deed by the Metropolitan to defendant Gray, to determine the interest of the parties in 547 acres of land in Stoddard county, Missouri, known as the Buck farm, and to foreclose a deed of trust against the interest of Bell in said real estate. A sketch of the facts here may afford a readier grasp of the case. Metropolitan held the fee title to the land. Bell held a contract to…