Tennessee Supreme Court April 15, 1843 (Elliott v. Thompson)

Reese, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

Hopkins in 1839 sold and contracted to convey to one Bell, a tract of land of upwards of five hundred acres, at the price of four dollars per acre, and took the bonds of Bell for the purchase money, and gave him a bond or covenant to convey title on the payment of the purchase money.