Lockwood v. Joab

William Lockwood sued William Joab before a justice of the peace for two hundred dollars, a balance due on certain real estate sold and conveyed by Lockwood to Joab. On the day of trial, Lockwood, by leave of the justice, amended his complaint by making Delia Lockwood, his wife, a party plaintiff. They recovered before the justice, and Joab appealed to the Vigo Circuit Court.

The controversy between the parties was, whether Joab, at the time of the purchase, had paid Lockwood, in cash, including some taxes and interest on a mortgage, one thousand dollars, or whether the amount so paid was only…