Irvin v. Thompson

OPINION of the Court, by

Ch. J. Boxxe.

On the 28th of May 1805, Thompson entered into articles of agreement with John Irvin, as agent for Elizabeth Ir-vis i, for the purchase of a tract of land of 400 acres, for which he was to pay at the rate of twenty shillings per acre, for all that should, upon a legal investigation to be had at the expence and trouble of said Elizabeth Irvin, be found clear of dispute or incumbrance, provided such investigation should be commenced in two years from the date of the agreement $ but if the said Elizabeth should not choose to make such investigation, he was…