Hemstreet v. Burdick

The lands in controversy, with others, were purchased by D. B. Gardner of the trustees of schools of the township in which they were situated. They were in sec. 16, and amounted in the aggregate to 400 acres. The purchase was made in 1856. Gardner and his brother, who were partners, gave their note for the purchase money. D. B. Gardner and his wife executed to the trustees a mortgage to secure the payment of the note given for the purchase money. They paid but a small portion of the interest on the debt, and no portion of the principal. In October, 1859, the Gardners conveyed these, with a…