Parkyn v. Ford

On March 11, 1913, plaintiffs exchanged their Hillsdale county farm for defendant’s farm lying near Summit, Mississippi. In so doing defendant assumed the mortgage of $3,544 on the Hillsdale farm and plaintiffs gave him a mortgage for a like amount on the Mississippi farm. Defendant also sold plaintiffs a quantity of personal farm property for which they agreed to pay $1,500. Soon after the exchange, the parties went into possession of their respective properties, and plaintiffs resided on the Mississippi farm until September, 1913, when they returned to Hillsdale and filed a bill praying for…