Allen v. Lee

Smith, J. —

This was an action of debt brought by David Allen, administrator de bonis non of the estate of James Woods, deceased, upon a promissory note for the payment of 310 dollars on or before the 1st day of October, 1843, by Lee to Woods, and executed in the life time of the latter.

There are three pleas. The first alleges that the note was given for part of the purchase money of a certain tract of land, and at the time it was given, Woods executed to Lee a deed of conveyance of said land with cove*59nants of general warranty; that, at the time of the execution of the deed, the land was…