Teft v. Stewart

Graves, Ch. J.

The real grievance alleged by complainant is, that defendants combined to defraud him, and the substance of the transaction, and its incidents, which he relates at much length, may be stated from the bill as follows:

The defendant Stewart resided in St. Joseph, Berrien, county, and owned a stock of goods, including a quantity of boots and shoes. This property was at Bangor, Van Burén county, and was valued by Stewart at some fourteen thousand dollars, and he wished to sell it. One Sherwin, residing in Illinois, owned a tract of about two hundred acres of land in Berrien county,…