Blake v. Hedges

Suit by Blake against Hedges upon a written instrument reading thus:

“ Terre Haute, October 4,1856. I do hereby certify that I have promised to deliver, on the bank of the canal, within six miles of this place, two hundred and fifty cords of good, merchantable wood, to Joseph H. Blake; and I hereby acknowledge the receipt of fifty dollars (50) on said wood. The balance to be paid when wood received by said Blake, all at the rate of one dollar and seventy-five cents per cord. The wood is to be on the bank within three weeks from this time. Simeon Hedges.”

The complaint is composed of two…