Springle v. Morrison

OpijsioN oe the Court,

Col. George Nicholas, in his lifetime, purchased of Simon Hickey a lot in Lexington, and paid part of the parchase money. Nicholas afterwards died, having, in his will, devised his estate, real and personal, to his executors, Joseph H» Daveiss and James , iomson. In *53Í 803 John A. Seitz recovered a judgment in the gener-ai court, for £784 1 3s. 4& against Nicholas’ executors, and Daveiss, one of the executors, made a verbal arrangement with Seitz to receive the lot in satisfaction of his judgment, and pay the balance of the purchase money to Ilickey. At the same time,…