Legal Opinion

Hayworth v. Hawkins

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 1861PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEAL from the Tippecanoe Circuit Court.

1Per curiam

Hayworth purchased of William and James HawHns, land “¿hat had been devised to William, *437James, and Eli Hawkins, giving Ms notes for the purchase money, and receiving a "bond for a deed at a future day. Suit on the first note.

Q. S. Orth and J. A. Stein, for the appellant. H. W. Chase and J. A. Wilstach, for the appellees.

The contract of sale was legal, and might be fulfilled; because William, and James might procure from Eli, or Ms heirs, the interest of Eli, or cause him or them to unite in the deed of conveyance, when the time should arrive for it to he made.

As to the construction of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jones v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1859

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Huxford v. MilliganIndiana Supreme Court · 1875

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