PUTMAN, ET AL. v. COWART, ET AL.

No. 39857.

228 Miss. 103 (1956)

87 So.2d 479

PUTMAN, et al. v. COWART, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Shelton, L.F. Easterling, Jackson, for appellants.


GILLESPIE, J.

Appellants had lost 40 acres of land to the Federal Land Bank, apparently under some prior foreclosure. They wanted to buy it back but were unable to do so. They approached appellee to buy the land for them. Appellee agreed to do so if appellants would pay him $25 and if they would pay him back as quick as he got it; but the proof showed conclusively that appellee was to

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