¶1*367The court heard the petition upon the merits, and ordered and decreed that the petitioners should cause to be made and delivered to the clerk of the court by the 1st of February next, a good authentic deed of said land, for the use of the respondents, and pay the cost of the action on said bond, or pay to the petitionees the sum of £300 lawful money; that the petitionees discontinue their action on said bond and deliver it to the clerk of the court, by the 1st of February 1792, or pay to the petitioners the sum of £300; that the petitioners recover on said note £99 9s. 7d., also £5 for the cost in said action; and that the petitioners discontinue their action on said note, or pay £300, and that upon the petitioner’s lodging said note with the clerk of this court, he grant execution for said debt and cost.
1 Root 366
Beardsly v. Halls
Decided January 15, 1792
Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1792-01-15
PetitioN in chancery; showing, that on the 1st of May, A. D. 1776, they sold the petitionees about thirty acres of land, and described it, and gave a bond to procure a title to said land by the 1st of April, A. D. 1778, the title being in The-ophilus Beach of New York; that said Halls gave them their note for £51 3s. 9d. the purchase money, payable on the 1st of January A. D. 1778, with the interest; that said Halls entered immediately into the possession of said land, and…
Decided 1792-01-15