Boon v. Murphy

This was a bill brought by the de*291fendants in error, to subject a tract of land lying in tlie county of Shelby, sold by Murphy to one Cummins and by Cummins to Boon, to the payment of a part of the purchase-money. The bill states that Murphy sold a tract of land lying in Shelby county to one Richard S. Cummins, since deceased, for the sum of $2,000, to be paid in installments as follows, viz., $300 on the 1st day of May, 1838; $850 on the 25th of December, 1838; and $850 bn the' 25th of December, 1839; and for the payment of which, Cummins executed to Murphy his three promissory notes payable…