Harding v. Parshall

This was a bill brought by Parshall to enforce a specific performance of a contract and compel a conveyance from appellant and Paullin, of a tract of land in Mercer county. It alleges that the defendants claimed to be seized in fee of the land, and, on the 6th of April, 1864, contracted in writing to sell the land to complainant, for the sum of $1,400; that $20 were paid in hand, $600 to be paid on the 15th of May of that year, and the balance on the first Mondays in May, 1865 and 1866, with six per cent interest, and to pay all taxes. On payment being made, he was to receive a deed with…