Holman v. Criswell

Hemphill, Ch. J.

This is a suit for specific performance. The plaintiff alleges that Jerome B. Alexander, in his life time, on the 3pth December, 1840, executed to one Horatio Griffith his bond for title to 220 acres of land ; that the said Horatio Griffith, on or about the 18th of February, 1847, assigned his interest in said bond and the land therein to be conveyed to one Michael B. Griffith, who afterwards, in 1849, assigned said bond to petitioner.

A copy of the bond and assignments is made a part of the petition.

The condition of the bond is, that whereas Horatio Griffith *41purchased of…