Wardlaw v. Wardlaw

Atkinson, Justice.

L. C. Wardlaw owned 257-1/2 acres of land on which he and his wife resided, she having invested $550 of her individual money in making improvements on the land. L. C. Wardlaw owed his brother, B. F. Wardlaw, a large sum of money. A parol agreement was made to discharge the entire debt by conveyance of 207-1/2 acres of the land, the conveyance to be accomplished by deed from L. C. Wardlaw conveying the entire tract to B. E. Wardlaw, and the latter in turn conveying to Mrs. L. C< Wardlaw 50 acres on which the residence was located. In pursuance of this agreement L. C. Wardlaw…