Harcourt v. Baxter

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Williams:

As this was an executory sale of a house and one acre of ground by appellee to appellant, Lucy, at the 'price of $2300, of which $1000 was paid at the time, and the residue to be paid March 1, 1868, when the deed was to be made as evidenced by a memorandum signed by Baxter, Mrs. Harcourt and her husband, dated January 11, 1868, and much of the deferred payment being paid. Still, according to the long recognized rules as settled by this court in Johnson and wife v. Jones, 12 B. Mon., 326, it was erroneous to adjudge by default against the feme convert on…