Moore v. Clay
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Chancery Court of Madison. The bill was filed by the defendant in error, and alledges, that on and before the 12th of October, 1833, there was in contemplation between William H. Moore, and complainant, a contract, by which he was to purchase of the former, his several tracts, or parcels of land, including the lands purchased by him of the heirs of Daniel McDuff, containing about nine hundred and eighty acres, (which are described,) and including a lot of…
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Error to the Chancery Court of Madison. The bill was filed by the defendant in error, and alledges, that on and before the 12th of October, 1833, there was in contemplation between William H. Moore, and complainant, a contract, by which he was to purchase of the former, his several tracts, or parcels of land, including the lands purchased by him of the heirs of Daniel McDuff, containing about nine hundred and eighty acres, (which are described,) and including a lot of sixty-two acres, which Moore had purchased of the heirs of McDuff, for which he was to pay the sum of eight thousand dollars,…
1Opinion of the CourtOrmond, J.
The object of the bill is, to obtain the title to sixty-two acres of land, part of a large tract purchased by the defendant in error, of Moore, which it is alledged, was fraudulently omitted, both in the memorandum of the sale, and in the deed subsequently executed.
It appears from the record, that Moore offered for sale, his tract of land, in Ashburn Cove, in Jackson county, including the lands purchased of the heirs of Daniel McDuff, containing about nine hundred and eighty acres. It is admitted by Moore, in his answer, that he had offered the land to Clay at some time previous to the…
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