Long v. Taggart

The record presents and involves a large number of transactions, a complete narrative of which is indispensable to an intelligent understanding of the controversy, as well as a proper decision of the questions before us. In the fall of 1918, Thomas J. Long, single, conveyed a tract of land consisting of 240 acres, located near College Springs, in Page County, to James T. Taggart for a consideration of $45,000. $1,500 was paid in cash on the date of the sale, $14,000 on March 1, 1919, upon the delivery of the deed, and a first mortgage for the remainder of the purchase price, $30,000, was…