Burnett v. Wylie
Supreme Court of Arkansas
[At law. Action upon a bond. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff in the court below on defendant’s demurrer to the declaration, and defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT. This is an action of debt, brought by Wylie against Burnett, in the Chicot circuit court, upon the following obligation, and condition annexed: “Know all men by these presents, that we, John J. Bowie, as principal, and Wm. B. Patton and Moses Burnett, as securities, are held and firmly bound unto Edward Wylie in the sum of seven hundred dollars lawful money of the United States, to be collected of, as on the following conditions, namely: Whereas the said Bowie has this day bargained and
sold unto the said Wylie seven hundred acres of Spanish confirmed land claims; now, if…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Williams v. DelafieldNew York Supreme Court · 1805
- Rumsey v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1808