Leneave v. McDowell

The bill alleges the breach of a contract of “ warranty and guaranty,” contained in an instrument which designates the thing • transferred and assigned as an interest “ in said fees or land, as the case may be.” This assignment is in these words: “ This agreement witnesseth: Whereas, by agreement of compromise in the cause of McDowell and Webster and Cooper et al. v. J. P. Brown it was agreed that complainants in said bill should have certain therein described lands in full satisfaction of fees in said cause of J. P. Brown v. II. A. Brown et al., the amount of fees being stipulated in said…