Skeen v. Ellis
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; W. J. Driver, Judge; The general rule is that the purchaser must bear the loss due to an accidental injury to the property, between the time of the contract and the delivery of the deeds.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; W. J. Driver, Judge; The general rule is that the purchaser must bear the loss due to an accidental injury to the property, between the time of the contract and the delivery of the deeds. The purchaser is in equity the owner, entitled to all benefits and increase in value, and must bear any loss or depreciation in the property. 85 Ark. 208; 140 S. W. 582; 32 Ark. 377; 52 Ark. 381; 66 Ark. 167; 13 Ind. 497; 14 Ind. 187; 1 S. W. 199; 4 S. W. 225; 27 L. R. A. (N. S.) 233; 22 N. E. 259; 45 N. Y. 454; 37 L. R. A. 150; 36 Am. St. Rep. 22; 12…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
This is an action for damages for breach of a contract by appellees against appellant. There was a verdict and judgment for appellees, and the case is here on appeal.
The appellees, T. J. Ellis and Geo. C. Peters, owned a tract of land comprising four hundred and forty acres in Craighead County, Arkansas, and the appellant, T. C. Skeen, of St. Louis, Missouri, owned a town lot ninety by ninety feet in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on which was located three small dwelling houses. T. H. Watson was a real estate agent at Jonesboro, Arkansas, and desired to bring about an exchange of the property…
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