McArthur v. Newhall
McArthur v. Newhall
Opinion of the Court
(after stating the facts). It was contemplated by the parties that in the settlement defendants should recover all lands belonging to complainant which formerly belonged to the Roberts estate, and money or security for the value of lands disposed of by complainant. Complainant was not required to warrant the title to the lands, but to return them without having himself impaired such title and estate as he took. We are not satisfied that an oral arrangement to treat the particular description of land as not included in the deed in case it turned out that complainant had conveyed it away is made out. There is testimony tending to prove that upon inspection of the deed complainant called attention to the description of land which has been referred to as land which he believed he had conveyed away; that an investigation was made by both parties which discovered no conveyance of the land of record; that it was then proposed, and agreed, to let the description remain in the deed, and if the land had been conveyed by McArthur the particular description should not be considered. That defendants had knowledge of complainant’s doubts respecting this land, and that such an arrangement was made, is disputed, both by the testimony of witnesses and by the very nature and purpose of the settlement. The attorney who represented the estate, or the heirs, testified that, as to descriptions of land in the mortgage, he stated that, if
The decree is affirmed, with costs to appellees.
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- McARTHUR v. NEWHALL
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