Blount v. . Blount

The question arising upon this record is whether the deed relied upon by the defendant is sufficient in law to convey the title from Levi Blount. The distinction between a deed and a parol contract is well settled at common law, and upon the basis of sense and justice. The inconsiderate manner in which words frequently pass from men would often betray them into acts of imprudence, and not unfrequently expose them to the artifices of fraud, were they not placed under the safeguard of that rule which denies validity to a parol contract unsupported by a consideration. On the other hand, the…