Sewell v. Willcox

This action is brought by Edward W. Sewell, to cancel the sale of certain lots of ground, made to him by John Willcox. The petitioner alleges, that on the 19th of January, 1837, when this sale took place, there existed, on the property, numerous mortgages to an amount far exceeding the price agreed on, to wit, twenty-five thousand dollars ; and that the vendor bound himself, in the act of sale, to raise these incumbrances, within the shortest delay. That, in order to secure the performance of this obligation, it was agreed between the parties, that the notes given for the property should…