McDonold & Coon v. Vaughan

Opinion of the District Judge. — “ The plaintiffs sue to rescind a sale of a tract of land made to them by the defendant, Vaughan, on the 28th of April, 1857, on the ground that he had no title to the greater and most valuable part of the tract.

“ The sale was made for fifteen thousand dollars, for which the vendors executed their notes to the order of Vaughan, but as they had not been delivered at the time this suit was instituted, they were sequestered. A curator ad hoc has been appointed to represent the defendant, who resides in Camden, Arkansas. The defendant, however, has appeared in…