Nugent v. Teachout

It appears from the evidence on behalf of the plaintiff in this case that, on the eighteenth day of December, 1884, James Nugent and wife deeded to the defendant 40 acres of land in the township of Barton, in Newaygo county. The expressed and actual consideration for this deed was $1,000. It was to be paid for as follows: Defendant was to pay a mortgage upon the premises of $700, and convey to plaintiff an acre of land, upon which there was a house, in Cadillac. There was another mortgage of $50 upon the land deeded to defendant by Nugent, and also $40 back upon the Cadillac property, both of…