Purvis v. Hardin

This is an action to establish a trust in land and for a partition of the land. Appellant (plaintiff below) is the sister of the respondent and of Floyd F. Hardin, who was joined as a party defendant, bnt who filed no answer, and seems to have been dropped as a party. This action was filed in the Circuit Court of Andrew County and was sent on change of venue to Buchanan County.

The petition is in two counts. The first count, in equity, alleges that plaintiff was a tenant on a farm in Andrew County, which the owner offered to sell to her for $5,000. Thereupon she made an oral agreement with her…