Crowe v. Davidson

The appellant Crowe owned 314 acres of land in Prairie County, and Davidson 160 acres of land in Mississippi County, which they agreed to exchange according to the terms of a contract entered into on May 10, 1930. According to this contract, each was to convey to the other their respective lands by warranty deed, their wives joining therein, with the release of dower and homestead. Davidson agreed to convey an unincumbered title and to assume the payment of a $7,000 mortgage on the lands Crowe was to convey to him in exchange for his Mississippi County lands. It was further agreed that, after…