Howell v. Howell

The Chancellor.

The complainants, by their bill, seek relief against the operation of a deed of bargain and sale, bearing date on the twentieth of March, 1858, made to their father, Lewis Howell, by Dennis Cochran, for a farm in the township of Newton. The bill charges that the farm was purchased by the complainants for their own use, and that so much of the consideration as has been paid was paid by them; that being unable to raise the balance of the purchase money by mortgage upon the premises, in consequence of a pre-existing encumbrance, their father consented to aid them by raising money…