Ruddick v. Lloyd

The notes sued on in this case were executed by the defendant, to one H. P. Miller, in part for the purchase of a lot in one of the additions to the City of Keokuk. Miller gave his bond to defendant, binding himself to make, or cause to be made, a title, with covenants of warranty, to said lot. The legal title at the time was in one Fox, from whom Miller had purchased. Afterwards, in behalf of *442Miller, and by his procurement, a warranty deed for said lot was executed by Fox to defendant, and Miller’s bond given up. The notes sued on were two in number, of one hundred dollars each, payable in…