Ellis v. Hammond

Jackson, Judge.

Ellis brought suit against Hammond for a tract of land lying in Calhoun county. The case was submitted to the judge for trial without a jury, with right of exception to take the case to this court. The facts were that an agent of Hammond bargained with Ellis for the place, and moved Hammond’s hands thereon. A few days afterwards the price agreed upon, being some $92,000 00 in Confederate money, was paid and a deed to the land made. This consummation of the trade, to-wit: the payment of the money and the deed to the land, took place on the 10th of April, 1865, on Sunday. The…