Holcroft v. Hunter
Indiana Supreme Court
ERROR to the Harrison Circuit Court. David Hunter was the complainant in the Circuit Court, and' JYathaniel Hoicroft, Ephraim W. Bentley, and Ezekiel W. Bentley, were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtM’Kinney, J.
This is a suit in chancery to enjoin a judgment at law, and obtain a re-conveyance of land. The complainant. *148states, in substance, that in the year -, he was indebted to John Holcroft, in Pennsylvania, and that the defendant, Nathaniel Holcroft, became his surety; that in the year 1817, about descending the Ohio river on a trading voyage, the defendant, Nathaniel Holcroft, proposed, as he was in debt and his return uncertain, he should secure him against the debt due to John Holcroft; that the complainant, to effect this, assigned to him a land certificate worth 500 or 600 dollars, it being…
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