Walker v. Douglas

On the 23d day of July, 1856, Stephen A. Douglas, and J. Knox Walker, of Memphis, Tennessee, entered into a written agreement, under seal, whereby Douglas sold and agreed to convey to Walker lot number 7, in the west half of the north-west quarter of section 19, being ten acres of land in the north-east corner of said quarter section, and bounded by streets, laid out by the drainage commission on the map for drainage purposes, in the city of Chicago, upon Walker paying him $8000, according to the tenor and effect of his four promissory notes of that date—one for $2000, payable in ninety days,…