Ellsworth v. Pomeroy

This was a suit commenced in 1862, by the personal representatives and heirs at law of Henry L. Ellsworth, deceased, against the personal representatives *159of Benjamin Pomeroy, deceased, all of whom, were nonresidents. It appears by the complaint that Mlsworth and Pomeroy had entered into the following written contracts, at the times they respectively bear date:

“I, Henry L. Mlsworth, of Lafayette, Tippecanoe county, Indiana, hereby make known, that whereas Benjamin Pomeroy, of Sionington, in New London county, and State of Connecticut, has procured and delivered to me, said Henry, nine land…