Johnson v. Wilkerson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court; Northern District; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. The court s-hould have instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant.
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Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court; Northern District; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. The court s-hould have instructed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. The contract, as appears by the first three paragraphs, is without consideration on the part of appellee. 2. The case should have been transferred to equity -because of the mistake in reducing the agreement to- writing, which was not -discovered until after the -commencement of this action. 71 Ark. 484; Kirby’s Digest, •§ 5995. I. The sixth -clause of the contract, providing for a -deed fronx appellee “for the sum named herein for…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The plaintiff, Mrs. Wilkerson, owned an undivided two-thirds of certain lands in Woodruff County, and sold and conveyed her said interest to defendant for the price of $10,000. The remaining third was owned by plaintiff’s four grandchildren (the children of her deceased daughter, Minnie Williams), two of whom were minors.
At the time of the conveyance, the plaintiff and defendant entered into tlhe following written contract:
“Whereas, O. L,. Johnson and Mrs. Josephine Wilkerson agreed that fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars was to be the purchase price of the east half of the southeast quarter…
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