Hurd v. Simpson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This was an action brought by Mary H. Simpson and R. J. Simpson, wife and husband, against W. H. Hurd, to recover the sum of $5,650, claimed to be due to them as the purchase-price of certain real estate sold and conveyed by them to the defendant. The petition stated and showed a joint cause of action in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendant for the purchase-price of the land. It appeared on the trial, however, that although the sale and conveyance was by a single deed executed by both the plaintiffs jointly, for a jóint…