Whitfield v. Atkinson

HALL, Justice.

In 1917, Maggie Whitfield, appellant, received seventeen acres of land as her portion of the estate of her deceased father and mother. She sold this land to her brother, H. W. Johnson, in 1928, the consideration therefor being evidenced by vendor’s lien notes. On October 16, 1930, Johnson, after default in the payment of the vendor’s lien notes, conveyed this land back to Maggie Whitfield in cancellation of said indebtedness. On September 11, 1930, about one month before Johnson re-conveyed the land to appellant, he executed an oil and gas lease covering the same to W. D.…