Buford's Heirs v. McKee

did not sit in this case : Judge Nicholas delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The heirs of Henry P. Buford filed their bill against the devisee of Henry Paulding, to obtain specific performance of an alleged covenant from Paulding, for the conveyance, at his death, of a tract of land to Buford. The defendants deny that the covenant was executed by Pauld-ing, or, if genuine, that it was given for any valuable consideration.

We shall waive a decision of the question, whether the covenant was executed by Paulding, inasmuch as we are clearly of opinion, that if it was signed by him, it was merely…