Walker v. . Venters

The plaintiff bought a tract of land of the defendant, receiving a conveyance thereof, and, to secure payment of the purchase money, executed a mortgage back to the vendor on said land, which recites:

“Whereas A. S. Walker is justly indebted to Henry C. Venters in the sum of $4,000, the same being the purchase money of a certain tract of land tbis day deeded by said Henry C. Venters and wife to A. S. Walker, and described in said deed; and whereas it is agreed that said A. S. Walker shall pay in lien of said sum of $4,000 and interest thereon 200 bales of cotton, each weighing 500 pounds, as…