Charpie v. Stout

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

The petition first states a cause of action in ejectment in the usual form. In a second cause of action it is alleged that in the year 1891' Hiram Stout verbally agreed to transfer the title and possession of the tract in question, containing 40 acres, to Belle Charpie in consideration of $2000, which he had previously borrowed from her; that in September of that year he procured a tax deed upon part of the tract, and a quitclaim deed from a tax-deed holder for the other part, to be made to Clara Charpie, a sister of Belle Charpie, for whose…