Lowry v. Weaver

OPINION OF

THE COURT.

This is a bill in chancery. Previous to the 17th of August, 1817, John W. Bumet and the complainant were partners in merchandizing, and on that day they settled their accounts, and a balance was found due by Bumet of two thousand four hundred seventy-nine dollars and ninety-four cents, for which he gave his note to the complainant. By the treaty of St. Mary’s, in 1818, two sections of land on Flint river, near the Wabash, in Tippecanoe county, were granted to Burnet. As usual in Indian treaties, there was a provision that this grant to Bumet and his heirs, should never be…