Taggart v. Stanbery

OPINION OF

THE COURT.

Henry Graham purchased from the plaintiff, through his agent, Wallace, a certain tract of land, for which he promised to pay six hundred and nineteen dollars, two hundred and twenty one dollars of which were paid the 11th November, 1831. The defendant, Stanbery, purchased Graham’s right, and assumed to pay the balance of the purchase money. In one of his letters to Wallace, as agent of the plaintiff, the defendant stated that the title was involved by -a claim of Samuel Kirkland, who was in possession of the premises, and had been in possession for a number of years; and…