Norden v. McCallister

This appeal involves the foreclosure of a mortgage. In 1933, J. W. A. Norden and J. H. Natho were partners engaged in the mercantile business Under the firm name of Rook & Company in Arkansas county, Arkansas; and C. C. McCallister was sheriff of that county. McCallister and Norden had been friends through the years. At one time McCallister had been hard "pressed by creditors, and Norden had favored him. In 1933, the situation was reversed: a number of executions against the firm of Rook & Company were placed in McCallister’s hands, as sheriff. McCallister agreed with Rook & Company to pay…