Nichols v. Bell

This suit involves the right of the defendant Bell to sell, under execution, an undivided half interest in forty acres of land seized as the property of his judgment debtor, Kerry.

The facts leading up to the suit are as follows:

On October 24, 1921, Kerry sold to plaintiff an undivided half interest in one hundred and twenty acres of land intending to include the half interest he owned in the SW¼ of SW¼ of Section 12 Township 5 North Range 6 West but, by error, described it as the SE¼ of SW¼ of that Section.

On November 21, 1921, Bell brought suit in the Justice-of-the-Peace’s court against…