Baker v. Leathers

This was a bill in chancery by Jacob S. Baker against the heirs of Jacob Leathers, deceased.

The bill and the several amendments state that Baker owned a tract of land in Kosciusko county, part of which he sold to Jacob Leathers, deceased, for 1,130 dollars, to be paid in cash, or secured by the promissory notes of Leathers so soon as the latter returned to his home in Ohio. At the time of the sale, Leathers was on a visit to the complainant, who was his son-in-law. After the return *559'of Jacob Leathers to Ohio, his son, Silas Leathers, one of the defendants, visited Baker, and, on the eve of…