Rankin v. Ford

Appellee filed his bill in the chancery court of Marion county, and alleged that on August 19, 1920, appellant Mary Calvin Rankin was the owner of the merchantable timber on certain lands described in the bill; that on the date aforesaid for a valuable consideration then paid by appellee to said appellant Mary Calvin Rankin, she contracted, in writing, signed and acknowledged by her, to convey said merchantable timber to appellee at any time within thirty days from said date upon tender by him of payment therefor in cash at the rate of three dollars per thousand feet as per an estimate…