Wellborn v. . Simonton

The plaintiff) on the 14th day of October, 1876, entered into a written contract with the defendant to sell to him “one-half interest (limited to him and his heirs, being the same title as limited to me) in the land” described in the complaint, and to convey the same on his paying to one A. W. Finley four hundred dollars, and interest thereon at eight per cent, from the 1st day of January preceding, to be applied to a note of $600, bearing a similar rate of interest, executed by the plaintiff to the said Einley in the year 1875, and secured, or attempted to be secured, by a mortgage of the…