Watson v. Clayton

The appellant, J. B. Watson, colored, president of the A. M. N. College, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, learned that two colored women, Ella Clayton and Bettie Ester, were faced with the possibility of losing their home as a result of the nonpayment, it of state and county taxes and sewer district taxes and a certain judgment which constituted a lien against their property. Appellant caused an abstract to be prepared and examined, and advanced for the use and benefit of the colored women $618 and received from them a warranty deed, and a day or two later gave them a written instrument agreeing to…