Hoddy v. Hoard

Hezekiah Hoard filed a bill in chancery against Washington Hoddy, alleging that in the year 1838, he purchased a certain tract of land of the said Hoddy, for a valuable consideration, which he paid, and received a deed; that a few days after the deed had been received, the complainant’s house took fire, and the deed, together with other property, was destroyed; and that the *475complainant was thus left without any evidence whatever of his title to the land he had purchased.

The bill further alleges that the complainant had frequently requested Hoddy to give him another deed to the premises,…