Dicken v. Smith

Opinion of the Court.

SMITH, by his agent, Elijah Grant, sold to Dicken a described boundary of land, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, two hundred dollars whereof was paid down, and on the first of September 1817, Dicken gave his obligation to pay the residue in two annual and equal payments, the first to be paid to said Smith or his legal representatives, at or upon the first day of November 1818, and the second on the first day of November 1819. In March 1819, this action of covenant was brought by Smith, upon Dicken’s obligation to pay the stipulated price for the land.…