Lampkin v. Garwood

On December 12, 1898, Mrs. Alice L. Garwood, A. C. Lampkin and others interested in certain pending litigation, entered into a written agreement, the purpose of which was to settle all differences of the parties and to make division amongst them of a fund in controversy, as well as to determine their respective interests in certain city lots in Macon. Under the terms of this agreement, Mrs. Garwood was to receive a deed to the land in Macon, free from encumbrances, and Lampkin agreed to pay to Steed & Wimberly, a firm of attorneys who had been employed to bring a suit to recover the land, a…