Brent v. Corbin

This is a suit by vendors of real property, Gordon R. Brent and Allen C. Thompson, Jr., against the vendee, Bill R. Corbin, for the recovery of earnest money under a contract of sale. The contract provided for a warranty deed with a merchantable title. The vendee stopped payment on the earnest money check because vendors did not own the minerals. The Chancery Court of Yazoo County agreed with that position, held vendors were unable to comply with the contract of sale, and dismissed their bill of complaint. We affirm that decree.

In 1962 Brent and Thompson were engaged in buying and selling…