Bowlin v. Keifer
Arkansas Supreme Court
246 Ark. 693 (1969)
Ova Keifer (defendant) and her brother Guy Wade were two of George Wade's seven children and heirs. In 1947, Guy signed an instrument transferring all his "rights, title and interest in the estate of [his] father George T. Wade" to Ova, without describing any specific property. Guy later died, leaving his son Victor as sole heir; Victor conveyed what he believed was his one-seventh interest in George's estate to Jack Bowlin (plaintiff). Bowlin brought a partition action to collect the value of that one-seventh share, arguing the 1947 transfer from Guy to Ova was invalid because it never actually identified the property being transferred.
Whether a contract for the sale of real property must contain a description of the property that is as definite as what would be required in a deed.