Whitehurst v. Ratliff

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of defendant in the district court of McClain county, in an action originally brought by the administrator of the estate of C. E. Whitehurst, for possession and ejectment of defendant from farm land. By appropriate order, prior to trial, Lonnie Whitehurst, wife of deceased, was substituted as the plaintiff.

June 9, 1941, C. E. Whitehurst and wife, plaintiff herein, entered into a contract for the sale of this farm to defendant. Soon after execution of the agreement Whitehurst died. Omitting nonessential portions, the contract of sale…