Albea v. Griffin

Upon the hearing the case was that the ancestor of the defendants contracted to convey the land to the plaintiff for $50, to be taken up in goods at the store of the plaintiff; that the goods were in part delivered; that the land was surveyed, and the plaintiff put in possession of it by the vendor; that he, the plaintiff, built a house upon it, and that the vendor gave him the assistance in raising it which is usual between neighbors in the country. The vendor died without having executed a deed for the land, and it descended to the defendants. It is objected on (10) the part of the…