Hunter v. Bryant

This is an appeal from a decree^ in equity, in the district of Pennsylvania, on a bill filed by Thomas Y. Bryant, against the legal representatives of John Hare.

The object of the bill is to charge the lands of Andrew Hare, now deceased, through John Hare, to the appellants, defendants in the court below, with the payment of a bond for 5,000 dollars, and interest, given by Andrew Hare,, in contemplation of marriage with Margaret Bryant, the mother of John Hare.

The ¡and lies partly in the state of Kentucky, and partly in the Mississippi territory, and five of the defendants live in the state ox…