Caprez v. Trover

delivered ’ the opinion of the Court:

On the 21st day of July, 1862, Norman K. Towner conveyed, by ordinary warranty deed, lot 8, in block 2, in the city of Cairo, to John W. Trover and Robert W. Miller, for the consideration of $2500. Trover & Miller paid Towner $1500 of this amount, in cash, at the time, and executed and delivered to him their two promissory notes for $500 each, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum—one payable in one year, and the other in two years, from date— and also a mortgage on said lot, to secure the payment of the same, for the residue. These notes…