Stokes v. Tumulty

DATTIMOKE, Justice.

Appellant, guardian, in July, 1930, signed as such a contract to purchase from appellee Harper his improved real estate in Wichita Falls for the total price of $10,000, being $5,-000 cash and the execution of a vendor’s lien note due on or before five years for the remainder. The guardian made application to the probate court for permission to make the purchase for a home for the ward and as an investment, setting up in the application the facts above set out, and that the estate had on hand in excess of $5,000, and attached to the application the contract of sale.

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