Simpson v. Niles

Smith, J.- —

This was a suit in chancery. The bill alleges that, on the 6th of March, 1837, Niles, the complainant, purchased from William Polke, certain lands in Fulton county, for which he, at that time, paid the full amount of the consideration money, and received a bond for a deed. Also, that, in the year 1834, a tract of land in Marshall county, was entered at the land office of the United States in the name of Polke with the money of Niles. It is alleged that, partly through negligence, and partly because the complainant desired to sell the land, and, to avoid expense and inconvenience,…