Hartsfield v. Wray

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing.

In 1913, the appellant, H. C. Hartsfield, bought from R. E. Merriwether a tract containing 347 acres of land) adjoining the town of LaCenter, in Ballard county. The Illinois Central Railroad runs through the tract from east to west, and Humphrey creek flows through it from the southeast to the northwest, thus dividing the tract into four parts. Hartsfield sold the southwestern porn tion, containing about 124 acres and lying south of thei railroad, to W. H. Johnson at $50.00 per acre; and on| October 30th, 1913, he sold the northwestern tract,…