Post v. Pedrick

The appellee filed the following claim against the estate of the deceased:

“Pedrick claims of the estate of Gustavus Schurmann, deceased, four hundred and fifty dollars and interest thereon from February 11th, 1868, as follows: Pie avers that on the 11th day of February, 1868, he paid to Gustavus Schurmann five hundred dollars, which sum the said Schurmann agreed to pay back to him at the end of ten days, or convey to him one-half interest in certain leases of coal oil territory and wells, provided he, the said Pedrick, should elect to take an interest in said leases, ás per written contract…