Boyce v. Blake

Judge Underwood

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Boyce purchased from Shreive and Co., a tract of land, including a forge, and was put into possession. After-wards, as it may be inferred from the evidence, he contracted with them, by parol,, for a parcel of land adjoining his former purchase.

Shrieve and Co. owned three adjoining tracts, which may be designated by the names of the individuals from whom he purchased: to wit, Johnson, Young and May. It was the Johnson tract they first sold to Boyce.- The subsequent parol contract embraced a part of the Young tract.

After the parol contract with…