Morris v. Kenton

The judgment- of the court was pronounced by

Eijstis,-C.- J*.

By an instrument under-private signature, dated the 3d of July, 1840; at- New Orleans, the defendant sold the plaintiffs a tract of laud of one arpent front on the Pass of, Biloxi, in Hancock county, Mississippi, for- the sum of $l-O0O4u cash, and their, three notes-of. $500-each,-payable at one,-two, and three years from the date of the sale. This suit is brought for the recevei-y back of the purchase money and notes, and a further sum for an alleged eviction from the premises under a-writ issued from the-Circuit Court of Harrison…