Langford v. Searcy College
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Chancery Court. D. H. CantrERR, Special Chancellor. The court erred in admitting parol evidence as to the terms and conditions upon which the property was sold to defendants. 21 Ark. 440; 170 U. S. 397; 129 Fed. 84; 47 S. E. 287; Browne, St. Fr. § 5x1; 1 Perry, Tr. § 85; 19 Ark. 23; 42 Ark. 503; 50 Ark. 76 and cases cited; 69 Ind. 419; 57 Ark. 637; 94 la. 239 and cases cited; 4 W. & S. (Pa.) 149; 7 Casey (Pa.) 371; 1 W. & S. 376; 102 Mass. 35. Part…
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Appeal from White Chancery Court. D. H. CantrERR, Special Chancellor. The court erred in admitting parol evidence as to the terms and conditions upon which the property was sold to defendants. 21 Ark. 440; 170 U. S. 397; 129 Fed. 84; 47 S. E. 287; Browne, St. Fr. § 5x1; 1 Perry, Tr. § 85; 19 Ark. 23; 42 Ark. 503; 50 Ark. 76 and cases cited; 69 Ind. 419; 57 Ark. 637; 94 la. 239 and cases cited; 4 W. & S. (Pa.) 149; 7 Casey (Pa.) 371; 1 W. & S. 376; 102 Mass. 35. Part performance does not take such a case out of the statute of frauds. 46 Ark. 80; 54 Fed. 924-5. Nor does the fact that this…
1Opinion of the CourtBattre, J.
On the 16th day of April, 1890, a corporation was organized according to the laws of this State, and was called “The Searcy College.” Its object was to increase and promote the educational facilities of the town of Searcy by establishing and maintaining an institution of learning at that place for the education of white male persons. The capital stock of the corporation was $50,000, divided into shares óf $25 each, all of which were subscribed. The corporation purchased a tract of land, containing forty acres, and built thereon a good, substantial building, and equipped and furnished it at…
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