Smith v. Atkins

PONDER, Justice.

The widow and heirs of John Smith seek to recover from the defendant the sum of $1,800.00 for the cost of a building erected on the defendant’s land by John Smith, and $500.00 as attorney’s fees for the alleged wrongful seizure and sale of the building, or in the alternative the sum of $1,100.00, the alleged appraised value of the building, plus $500.00 attorney’s fees.

On October 23, 1924 the defendant agreed to sell to Willie V. Smith Lot 18 in Block “C” of the Pine Grove Addition of the City of Shreveport for $399.00, payable $1.00 in cash and $1.00 weekly in advance. John…