Copeland v. Summers

On the 4th day of October, 1880, Milton L. Copeland, Sr., executed to Milton L. Copeland, Jr., his son, a warranty deed to one hundred and sixty acres of land in Shelby county, Indiana. At the time of executing the deed the grantor took from the grantee a written contract, by the terms of which it was stipulated that the grantee, in consideration of the conveyance, should pay the grantor the sum of one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents on the 1st day of August of each year, and a like sum on the 25th day of December of each year during the life of the grantor. The contract also gave…