Land Co. v. Hill

*John A. Pitts, Sp. J.

On the 25th of June, 1887, Napoleon Hill sold and conveyed by deed with covenants of seizin, general warranty, and against incumbrances, to the Kansas City Land Company, a tract of land in Shelby County of sixty-six and thirty-seven one-hundreths acres, for the consideration of $149,332.50, of which the sum of $56,000 was paid in cash, and the balance secured by two notes for $46,666.25 each, bearing interest, and due at one and two years. A lien was retained in the deed, and the Land Company was placed in possession. .

On the 22d of June, 1888, a few days before the…