Wheeler v. Friend

This suit was originally instituted in the County Court of De Witt county, by the administrator of John York’s estate, against the administrator of J. J. Tumlinson’s estate. The object of the suit was, to compel' specific performance of a bond for title to land, executed by Tumlinson to York, on the 4th day of January, 1847. The County Court refused to decree performance of the bond, and York’s administrator appealed to the District Court. In the District Court, he obtained judgment against Tumlinson’s estate for the land, and Tumlinson’s administrator appealed to this court. This court…