Speer v. Speer

Action to recover possession of the undivided half of certain real estate.

The defendant denied each and every allegation in the complaint.

And he answered that the plaintiff and the defendant purchased the land jointly, each agreeing to pay one-half of the purchase-money, and both agreeing further, that if the plaintiff failed to pay the one-half, the defendant might pay the whole, and become the sole owner of the land; that the plaintiff did fail to pay; that the defendant paid *179the whole, and, by consent of plaintiff, took possession and received the deed for the whole of the land, &c.

The…