Carpenter v. Dame

Suit to' compel the specific performance of a bond .for the conveyance of real estate. The bond is alleged to have been given by John Carpenter to Benjamin O. .Carpenter. The suit is by the hens of Benjamin, deceased, against John. The bond upon which it is instituted had been destroyed, and a new one executed in place of it, to the widow and heirs of Benjamin O. Carpenter. It is alleged that John Carpenter, the obligee, fraudulently protíured the destruction of the original bond, and substituted for it one differing in its terms. The widow of Benjamin released all her interest in the lands…