Mace v. Jackson

Jackson, the appellee, filed in the court below hjs amended claim, verified by affidavit, against the estate of Daniel Mace, in these words:

“ The plaintiff) Alvernas Jackson, by way of amendment to his claim, says that the estate of Daniel Mace, deceased, is indebted to him as follows: He says that on the eleventh day of May, 1867, Daniel Mace, then in life, executed and delivered to the claimant a certain written agreement, in the words and figures as follows:

“ ‘ Peter Longlois v. Antony Hedson. Partition. I have a contingent fee in this case, to be paid in land by said Longlois, in a…