Dempsey v. Ellington

Hall, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellants are the administrators of an estate which owns certain real property. The land was sold to the other defendants in this action. The lessee at the time of the sale is the plaintiff here. Following some litigation between the administrators and the lessee only, the parties agreed to a consent judgment under which the lease was canceled and the administrators agreed to transfer and convey to the plaintiff the cotton allotment (and right to receive payments) for the next five years.

The administrators signed the transfer form provided by the government…