Waldon v. Holland

This appeal presents for answer the inescapable question whether Act No. 2 of the Special Session of the legislature in April, 1934, impairs the obligation of the contractual rights of the appellant. The chancery court held the act to be valid, and appellant challenges the decree.

The Facts

D. A. Holland, appellee herein, purchased sixty acres of land in Miller county from D. J. Holland in 1923. There was a mistake in the section number in the deed, but we consider the mistake of no consequence since a correction deed was later obtained. The lands became vacant in 1926 and forfeited to the…