Watkins v. Gregory

This was an action of debt, brought by the appellant against the appellee, on a penal bond dated the 12th of June, 1839.

The declaration sets out the condition of the bond which is to the following effect: That if, as soon as the plaintiff paid four certain notes which the defendant had assigned to one Thompson, and two other notes which the defendant held against the plaintiff, all of which notes were payable on the first of January, 1840, the defendant should convey to the plaintiff a certain lot of ground in the town of Milford and county of Warren, then the bond to be void. Averment, that…