Snelling v. Boyds

Ch, J. Barry

delivered the opinion of the Court.

THIS suit was, instituted by the defendants m error, against the plaintiff, for the. conveyance of a tract of land. The bill alleges that on the 9th of December 1807, Benjamin Snelling sold to, Elijah Perry eighty-three acres of land, and executed his bond to him for the conveyance, with general warranty, with a reserva* tion of a life estate to a certain —;— Hodge and wife, in part of said land, the title to, be made on the payment of £25 10s. The bill alleges the payment of the money, the death of Hodge and wife subsequent to the execution of…