Beckett v. Bledsoe

Bledsoe filed a bill in the Hendricks Circuit Court, stating that in 1837 he received a conveyance of a tract of land of one David Smith, twenty-five acres of which was encumbered by a mortgage previously given by said Smith to the commissioner of the school fund for 55 dollars, due the 16th of November, 1838, with 6 per cent, interest, payable annually in advance; that he took and retained possession of said land till the spring of 1838, when he removed to Arkansas, where he has since resided; that previous to leaving, he paid the interest on said mortgage up to the 16th of November, 1837,…