Carter v. Farmers Bank of Chariton Co.

Plaintiff's petition alleged that on June 25, 1927, John Welch and his daughter, Edith Clavin, were the owners of 440 acres of land in Chariton county, Missouri; that Welch and his daughter had become indebted to the Farmers Bank of Chariton county, Missouri, hereinafter called the bank, in the sum of $22,134.70, evidenced by their notes, and that said indebtedness was secured to the bank by deeds of trust in which the aforesaid land was conveyed; that Welch and his daughter offered to convey said land in discharge of said indebtedness, but as there was no buyer for the land at a price which…