Atkins v. Smith

Willie V. Smith and John Smith were married prior to August 23, 1924, and lived together as man and wife until his death in 1943. On October 23, 1924, Willie V. Smith entered into a contract with Mrs. J.B. Atkins, Sr., to purchase lot 18, block C of the Pine Grove Addition to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, for the sum of $399, payable $1 per week in advance until paid. Mrs. Atkins agreed to make a deed to the lot to Willie V. Smith only when it had been entirely paid for, which has never happened and no deed was ever recorded. The contract to sell was not recorded and has now been lost…