Butler v. Conyel

Plaintiff’s petition was in two causes of action, in the first of which he alleged that he was an aged illiterate colored man, unable to read or write, and that in the year 1919 he entered into an oral agreement with the defendant, whereunder he was to purchase from the defendant a house and lot for $1,250, payable $50 in cash and $10 monthly; that under the terms of said agreement the defendant was to convey him the property by warranty deed upon completion of payment of the •purchase price; that he had entered into possession and made said payments monthly since the year 1919, had lately…