Hugus v. Sanders

Appellee instituted suit against appellants in the circuit court of Hot Spring County, to recover $1,200, the purchase money for an oil and gas lease, alleging that he had performed all the conditions for the sale and purchase of said lease.

Appellant, D. F. Hugus, filed a motion to transfer the cause to the chancery court of said county and a separate answer, alleging, in his motion, that the suit was in effect a suit for a specific performance of the sale and purchase of said lease, and, in his answer, that the lease and money were deposited in escrow with appellant, the Bank of Malvern, to…