Kirklin v. Atlas Savings & Loan Ass'n

From tbe record it appears that Cook •owned a tract of land in Georgia, situated near Chattanooga, Tenn., and that Kirklin owned a tract in Tennessee known as the “St. Elmo tract.” Davis was a real-estate broker in Chattanooga, and brought these parties together; whereupon they entered into a contract by which they agreed to exchange these •tracts, one for the other. Kirklin, for some reason, could not make Cook a title at the time the exchange was agreed upon, but had to apply to the chancery court and obtain a decree for this purpose. On account of Kirklin’s inability to make a present…