Calderwood v. Calderwood

On the twenty-eighth of May, 1866, John Calderwood made a contract in the form of a sale with his brother, William Calderwood, in reference to certain stores and other property in Monroe, and at the same time a counter letter was executed and signed by them in order “to certify and explain the true intent and object of the parties to said act of sale, to wit: whereas, Johu Calderwood is indebted unto William Calderwood in the sum of twenty-four hundred and seventy dollars in United States treasury notes for services; now, therefore, the aforesaid sale and transfer is made to secure and…