Lyons v. Steele

HatoheR, Judge:

R. C. Steele paid Perry Lyons and Lizzie Lyons, his wife, $200.00 for a tract of land and received a deed. Adam Cornell brought a suit in chancery against the Lyonses and Steele, claiming actual possession of the tract under a prior ex-ecutory contract with the Lyonses to purchase the tract, and part payment of the purchase price. In that suit, the court found in favor of Cornell and cancelled the deed from the Lyonses to Steele on condition that within ten days from the adjournment of the court, Cornell should pay to the Lyonses the balance due on his purchase price. Cornell…