Belcher v. Schmidt

DUNKLIN, Associate Justice.

John H. Belcher sued F. W. Schmidt, alleging in his petition that he entered into a paroi contract with the defendant, by the terms of which plaintiff agreed to transfer to the defendant a certain lease then held and owned by plaintiff on four tracts of land belonging to the public free school fund of the State, and also to aid and assist the defendant to purchase the land from the State, and that in consideration therefor defendant agreed to pay plaintiff at the rate of one dollar per acre for all of said land which defendant should so purchase as soon as he should…