Calloway Bank v. Ellis

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Barry County dismissing the plaintiff’s hill in equity. On June 12, 1913, in Barry County, Missouri, there was an attempted organization of a School District under the Buford Act. Directors were elected for the consolidated district and they proceeded to function, voting'bonds to build- a school house and secured a school site. The defendants made a deed to five acres of land to the school directors for the consideration of one dollar and other considerations, inserting a provision in the deed as follows: “This deed made with the…