Harcrow v. Gardiner
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Action in equity upon the following note, and to enforce a vendor’s lien upon the lands therein described.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court. Thomas B. Martin, Chancellor. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Action in equity upon the following note, and to enforce a vendor’s lien upon the lands therein described. “$9,000.00. Lanabk, ARK., July 19, 1893. “One day after date I promise to pay to the order of J. C. Har-crow the sum of nine thousand dollars for property,.to-wit, two lots on 13th and Battery, in the city of Little Rock, one lot on 6th and Wolf streets, ten acres adjoining Valentine’s addition, 80 acres known as the Hough place,’ 60 acres known as ‘W. H. Wheeler place,’ 40 acres known as the…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts). This is an action by the administrator of the estate of J. C. Harcrow against Elbert Harcrow to recover judgment upon a promissory note for the sum of nine thousand dollars, and to declare the same a lien upon the land described in the note.
The first contention of the defendant is that there was no consideration for the note. He states that his brother, J. C. Harcrow, during his last sickness was living with one Sallie Smith, a woman with whom he had sustained immoral relations, and by whom he had illegitimate children. His brother, so defendant…
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