Sanford v. Cloud

Plaintiff, Sanford, in possession of the land which is the occasion of the controversy, asserts a fee simple title in himself thereto, alleges that the defendant, Cloud, holds a contract of sale of said land executed by the defendant as vendor and himself as vendee ;* that this contract originated in the fraud and covin of defendant; that it is a cloud upon his title, and that deféndant has instituted suits at law upon such contract against him, the plaintiff. He prays for a decree that the contract may be cancelled as “null and void;” that defendant may be enjoined from asserting title…