Chase v. Andrus

In 1920 W. A. Stewart owned two adjoining tracts of land in Benton County, Arkansas. One tract was free from encumbrance and the other tract was encumbered by a mortgage held by Marion Wasson for the sum of $1,000. There had been a payment of $100 to Wasson. The value of this land was estimated to be $3,000 above the mortgage.

H. C. Andrus, who was 70 years old, owned some property in Muskogee, Oklahoma, valued at $2,000. This was the home of Andrus and wife. W. B. Chase owned two tracts of land near Muskogee, Oklahoma, one of them with a six-room dwelling house on it valued at $2,000, and the…