Eliza C. Perkins v. Joshua Hadley

Pee Curiam*

Thomas H. Perkins, Daniel Perkins, William Perkins, and Nicholas Perkins, the elder, on the 6th of July, 1796, purchased of Joshua Hadley 640 acres of *'land. Hadley executed a writing under seal, stating that he had received $220 in part payment of said 640 acres of land, describing them, and binding himself to make 'title on payment of the residue of the purchase money. That residue was afterwards paid. Before 1804, the purchasers divided the lands they had purchased from divers persons. One half of this 640 was allotted to the said Nicholas Perkins, the elder, and the other half…