Baldwin v. Whitcomb
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. D. L. Hawkins, Judge. This was an action brought by Mary J. Gray, as guar■dian of Wm. Baldwin, against James H. Bethune, executor of George Whitcomb, deceased, James II, Bridges, and the heirs of said Whitcomb.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court. — Hon. D. L. Hawkins, Judge. This was an action brought by Mary J. Gray, as guar■dian of Wm. Baldwin, against James H. Bethune, executor of George Whitcomb, deceased, James II, Bridges, and the heirs of said Whitcomb. The petition prayed, that a deed to certain real estate therein described, should be set aside as having been fraudulently obtained by the said Whitcomb from one Drakeford Gray, administrator of Samuel Baldwin, the father of the said William. The circuit eoui’t found for the defendants and dismissed the plaintiff’s petition. The facts are…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
In the year 1856, Samuel Baldwin owned and resided on a farm in Mississippi county. On the 8th day of May, in that year, he contracted with the-defendant, James H. Bridges, to sell the same for $1,800. The title bond which evidenced the contract, provided that the payments should be made as follows: $900 on the 1st day of January, 1857, and a like sum on the 1st day of' January, 1858. It was also recited in the bond that Bridges had executed his two promissory notes corresponding with the provisions above mentioned, as to the times and amounts-of payments of the purchase money. Soon after…
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