Rogers v. Bishop

This was an action of debt brought in 1837 upon a bond of the defendants’ intestate. The bond is dated in 1810, and is conditioned for the making a title for certain land to the plaintiff by the first of July, 1811. The defendants pleaded, inter alia, payment by the inte.state ; upon which issue was joined. The cause was submitted to the Court without a jury, and a judgment rendered for the defendants.

The plaintiff, on the trial, produced the bond and proved that it was executed at Vincennes in this state, where the obligor resided. The plaintiff proved that he himself had resided in one of…