Breland v. State

This is an appeal by Don Breland from a conviction, in the Circuit Court of Greene County, of the offense of obtaining money under false pretenses, with a sentence of eighteen months in the State Penitentiary.

The indictment is based on Sec. 2151, Code of 1942, and, in effect, charged Don Breland with selling to Eurie F. Breland twenty acres of land, as described therein, on which Don knew that there was a valid and existing lien held by the U. S. Internal Revenue Department of the United States of America, Avithout informing Eurie of the exact state of the property, as affected by the lien,…