McClure v. Wilson

— The respondent here was the plaintiff below, the appellant was defendant, so, for convenience and clarity, we will refer to them in the roles they played in the trial court.

This is a suit for $1300, with interest, as the balance of the purchase price of some real estate known as the King Bee Ranch, containing 1600 acres and located in Ripley County, Missouri. Plaintiff in his petition alleges that prior to March 27, 1942, he was the owner of the above-mentioned real estate, describing it by metes and bounds, but that the paper title was in Vandy Byrd and Hilda Byrd, his wife, who were…