Adams v. Hammon

Judge Graham

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The complainant Hammon, by his bill in Chancery, charges “that he sold to the defendant Adams a mill-seat on Licking river and a small piece of land on both *6sides of said river, opposite the mill-seat, on which to abut his dam and build a mill-house; that by the terms of the contract, Adams was to build a water grist and saw mill; he was to grind Hammon’s grain toll free, and was to saw all the lumber, which the complainant wished to use, free of any charge. This was the only consideration for the mill-seat and land.” The bill further charges…