Brackenridge v. Holland

The heirs of John Holland, deceased, filed their bill in chancery, stating that their father in his life-time, about the 1st of November, 1817, purchased of Robert and Joseph Brackenridge, a tract of land for tbe sum of 2,490 dollars; of which he then paid 600 dollars, and was to pay tbe balance by instalments, for which he executed several notes, bearing interest from the date, the last payment to be made in six years;—that their father died in 1818, and administration of bis estate was committed to Joseph Brackenridge and George L. Murdock;— that the administrators received large sums of…