Clapp v. Galloway

On the 1st day of December, 1843, George Galloway purchased of the State, by contract, forty acres of land lying in St. Joseph county, and received of the Commissioner of the State Land-office a certificate therefor, No. 1476. On the 29th of December, 1873, Asahel Galloway was the owner of said certificate, and the interest in the land contracted to be conveyed thereby, and the defendant Anna N. Galloway was his wife. The record shows that a negotiable promissory note, bearing date the same day, was made by the defendants Galloway to the complainant for $600, with interest at ten per cent.,…