Henderson v. Fields

The action is to recover certain payments made on a contract for the purchase of land, on the ground that the vendor’s title is imperfect. The petition was dismissed on demurrer. In substance it was alleged that the plaintiff purchased a lot of land from the defendant, who executed to him a bond conditioned to *548make or cause to be made good and sufficient title upon payment of the stipulated purchase-money. The plaintiff paid $50 of the purchase-money at the time of the execution of the bond, and has since paid purchase-money notes aggregating $105 and $8 taxes assessed against the land. The…