Millsaps v. Strauss

Griffin Smith, Chief Justice.

January 12, 1942, Ora Bobo Millsaps sued John A. McKnight, alleging that she held his $1,000 promissory note dated July 10, 1941, payable on demand with interest at five per cent, from date. In February, 1942, G. D. Strauss asked Crittenden Chancery Court for an order requiring specific performance of a contract executed July 10, 1941, by L. A. and Ora Bobo Millsaps, husband and wife, under the terms of which Strauss was to purchase Millsaps’ 160-acre farm near Crawfordsville. The escrow depositary was named with Millsaps as a defendant.

The Chancery suit alleged…