Peterson v. Poignard

It being sufficiently certain, upon the evidence, that Peterson has paid various debts which Monroe was bound to pay, and that he is entitled to indemnity from Monroe’s estate, to the extent of several thousand dollars, even if he were charged with the $3,000, the recited consideration of his conveyance to Atherson, of the one half of the Hindostán Mill property, it is not deemed necessary to go into any discussion or particular statement of his claims on this account. His payments to Butler’s administrators, Hill, the Bank of the United States, Hughes, and Cordis, exceed $7,000, besides…