Bronson v. Kinzie

This case comes before the court upon a division of opinion in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Illinois, upon certain questions which arose in the case, and which have been certified to this court according to the act of Congress.

It appears from the record, that, on the 13th-of July, 1838, John H. Kinzie executed -a bond to Arthur Bronson, conditioned for the payment of $4000, on the 1st-of July, 1842, with interest thereon, to be paid semi-annually; and, in order to secure the payment of the said sum of money and interest, Kinzie and wife, on the same day, conveyed…