Sullice v. Gradenigo

The plaintiff seeks to recover from the succession of Joseph Francois Machet, certain landed property and movable effects, inventoried as belonging-to the deceased, but which the plaintiff claims as his own, under a contract of sale, bearing date 4lh May, 1858. This sale was made by Machet to the plaintiff, for the sum of $1200, in deduction whereof tho vendee gave in payment two notes of the vendor, dated 27th December, 1856, and secured by mortgage on the laud in question ; the mortgage was executed on the 27th December, 1856. The two notes amounted, with the addition of the interest due…