Houghton v. Clough

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bennett, J.

It seems to have been a conceded point on trial, that in 1847, the plaintiff deeded to Charles Clough, one of the defendants, two parcels of land, at the price of two thousand dollars, and that three hundred dollars was paid down in notes turned out against other persons; and the defendants for a part of the purchase money gave the note of one hundred and seventy dollars, now in suit; and for the balance, Charles Clough gave to the plaintiff his own individual notes, secured by a mortgage on the property, which he had bought. It also…