Cupps v. Irvin

This is a case in chancery. The material facts are as follows:—Manson had a land-office certificate for a quarter section of land. The date of the entry, or the amount *113paid, is not stated. He sold 30 acres of the land to Freeman, and gave Mm Ms bond for the maldng of a good title in the year 1829. Freeman had possession of the land so purchased, with the consent of Manson. After the execution of the title-bond, Manson sold and assigned the certificate to Irvin, the defendant, without any reservation as to Freeman's claim, informing the purchaser, that that claim was conditionally assigned to…