Stewart v. Ludwick

Ludwick sued Stewart on a promissory note for $400. The complaint alleges that the note was given in *231part payment for sixty acres of land, which is described, prays judgment for the amount of the note and interest thereon, and that it be declared a lien on the land.

Stewart filed an answer, in the nature of a cross complaint, in which it is alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff and one Skeen entered into a contract, by which the plaintiff agreed to sell and convey to Skeen two tracts of land, containing, together, one hundred and twenty acres; one tract being the same described in the…