Wallace v. Johnson

G-rifeiN Smith, Chief Justice.

Land carved from 960 acres near Monette, in the Eastern District of Craighead County, was described in an executory contract, and some of it forms the subject-matter of this controversy.

Activities resulting in the Chancery suit had their inception in efforts of Dr. W. E. Yount, equitable owner of the parent tract, to clear his indebtedness and salvage something from this valuable holding. He employed C. M. Boydstun, of Jonesboro, as agent, and H. M. Cooley, of the same city, as lawyer-agent, to deal with the lands. Dr. Yount, a dentist, residing at Cape…