Armentrout's Ex'ors v. Gibbons

MONCURE, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

In January, 1871, Abel Gibbons exhibited his bill in chancery in the county court’of Rockingham county, charging, among other things, “that on the 4th day of April, 1860, James M. Loffland and H. M. Loffland sold and conveyed by deed of general warranty, and John C. Woodson, trustee, conveyed by deed of special warranty, to David Armentrout, 488 acres, 2 roods and 4 poles of land lying in the .county of Rockingham, in consideration of $23,500, of which $7,833.33^ was paid in hand, and the balance to be paid as follows, to-wit: $2,000 annually on…