Meyer v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Chicot Chancery Court;' Mar cus L,. Hawkins, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY Trie COURT. Mrs. C. Meyer and Abe Jenkins made the following contract in reference to a forty-acre tract of land in Chicot County, owned by Mrs. Meyer.
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Appeal from Chicot Chancery Court;' Mar cus L,. Hawkins, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY Trie COURT. Mrs. C. Meyer and Abe Jenkins made the following contract in reference to a forty-acre tract of land in Chicot County, owned by Mrs. Meyer. “Grand Lake, Arkansas, August first, 1899. “The following agreement made between Abe Jenkins and C. Meyer, towit: C. Meyer leases to A. Jenkins the N. W. S. W. J4 of section 2 in T. 18 S., R. 1 W., for a term of 3 years, beginning January 1, 1900, and terminating January 1, 1903, on the conditions as hereinafter provided, and C. Meyer agrees to build two cabins…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal by Mrs. C. Meyer from a judgment rendered against her by the Chicot Chancery Court in favor of Abe Jenkins, ordering a specific performance of a contract to sell 40 acres of land. By the contract Mrs. Meyer leased the land to Jenkins for three years, and gave him the right to purchase at the expiration of the lease. The price of the land specified in the contract was six hundred dollars, and in addition thereto Jenkins was to pay the value of the improvements on the land.
The first contention on the part of counsel for Mrs. Meyer is that…
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