Brown v. Randolph

HUNTER, Associate Justice.

This was an actiop. of trespass to try title, brought by appellee against appellant to recover two quarter sections of land lying in Fisher County. The defendant, Brown, pleaded not guilty, and speciality, in substance, that he had purchased the land by an oral contract made with Randolph for the sum of $1400, and on the day of purchase Randolph put him in possession of the land, and he paid him in cash the sum of $300., and executed his six promissory notes for $1100, to become due and payable in one, two, three, and four years, respectively, as had been agreed…