Burrows v. Yount

This was an action of debt brought’ by the plaintiffs in error against Yount. The suit is founded on a sealed note, dated the 8th of January; 1840, for the payment of $1,000 on or before the 25th of December, 1841. The not was payable to Miller, and by him indorsed to Fvans, win indorsed it to the plaintiffs.

There was a plea to the following effect: That the defendant purchased of the payee of the note certain lots of ground *492for the price of §3,000, and received, at the time of the pur-, chase, a bond from the latter, conditioned to make the defendant a good title for the lots upon payment of…