Magee v. Magee

It appears that some time in the year 1862, plaintiff in error entered into a contract with one Pairo for the purchasing of a forty acre tract of land, agreeing to pay therefor the sum of $400, and for which he executed his promissory notes, payable in one, two and three years, with seven per cent, interest per annum, and received a bond for a deed. In the month of 'October, 1866, plaintiff in error, being wholly unable to pay the amount due on the purchase money, applied to defendant in error and requested him to make the payments, and proposed to give him a mortgage on the land as soon as…