Stephens v. Evans' Administratrix
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Vanderburgh Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.
The administratrix of Dewitt C. Evans,sued Silas’and Henry C. Stephens on a promissory note. The defendants answered in two paragraphs, setting up substantially the sanie facts. Demurrers were sustained to the answei', and this presents the questions involved.
The consideration of the note was the sale and conveyance of a tract of land in fee by deed with full covenants, from Saleta Evans and Dewitt C. Evans to Henry C. Stephens.
Robert M. Evans, at the time of his death, in Eebruary, 1843, was the owner in fee of the land. Saleta Evans is the widow, and Dewitt C. Evans was the son of Camilas…
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