Haisten v. Ziglar

LAWSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree sustaining demurrer to a bill in equity, as amended.

On July 15, 1950, R. P. Ziglar signed a written instrument in the form of a deed wherein he purported to sell certain timber on a 280-acre tract of land which he owned in Dale County to J. C. Haisten and W. J. Sorrell for the sum of $4,000. While in the form of a deed, this instrument was not witnessed or acknowledged as required by law. §§ 22 and 24, Title 47, Code 1940.

Haisten and Sorrell instituted this proceeding in the circuit court of Dale County, in equity, against Ziglar seeking a…