Beard v. Lofton

This action is based upon the following written contract:

“ This agreement witnesseth that we, the undersigned children and heirs of Simeon Lofton, deceased, hereby promise and undertake to pay the costs in the cause pending in the Supreme Court of Indiana, in which Mary A. Beard is appellant and David Beck, administrator of said estate, is appellee, and to pay Samuel B. Voyles $30.06, in consideration that said Mary A. Beard shall dismiss and discontinue said suit and not revive nor recommence the same again; and the undersigned hereby agree that in the distribution of said estate, Mary A.…