Gunn v. Brantley
Supreme Court of Alabama
ERROR to the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. "W. W. MasoN.- The bill in this case was filed by James Brantley, the de-fenclant in error, against Larkin R. Grunn, the plaintiff in error.
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ERROR to the Chancery Court of Macon. Heard before the Hon. "W. W. MasoN.- The bill in this case was filed by James Brantley, the de-fenclant in error, against Larkin R. Grunn, the plaintiff in error. It alleges, that, in the year 1837, Brantley and Grunn purchased from one Dozier Thornton a tract of land, containing six hundred and forty acres, at eleven dollars per acre, and that Thornton executed to them jointly his bond for titles thereto; that said Gunn, in part payment for said land, delivered to said Thornton a note on Townes & O’Brien for $4057, and that Brantley executed his two…
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDTHWAITE, J.-
— -The facts which, upon the bill, answer and evidence, we consider as established beyond all controversy, are, that, on the 16th of October, 1837, Gunn, the plaintiff in error, and Brantley, the defendant in error, made a joint purchase from Dozier Thornton, of the north half of section twenty-nine and the south half of section twenty in township twentj^-one, and range twenty-seven, at the price of eleven dollars per acre; for which land said Thornton executed to them jointly his bond for titles; that about the time of this purchase, or soon after it, the parties agreed to…
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