Truitt v. Truitt

The facts necessary to a proper understanding of the questions of law involved in this case, are as follows: That Silas Colgrove and Eleazer Coffeen, on the 23 d day of November, 1857, purchased from the State of Indiana, *515a. tract of land situated in Delaware county, containing two hundred and forty acres, and received from the President of 'the Sinking Fund Board a certificate, which entitled the holder to an absolute conveyance at the 'expiration of five .years, on the conditions that.the interest on the purchase-money was paid annually, and' the principal at the expiration of five years…