Bond v. May

The appellee, who was the plaintiff, and the appellant, who was the defendant, in 1891, contracted with one Parkinson to purchase from him certain real estate, being two adjoining quarter sections of land in Jasper county-; and Parkinson, in February, 1895, by his general warranty deed, conveyed the land to the appellee and the appellant as tenants in common, the purchase price being $11,200. At and before this conveyance the grantees páid a part of the price, $3,500, each paying an equal portion thereof, and they became jointly indebted to Parkin*397son for the remainder of the price, $7,700,…