Ohio Supreme Court December 15, 1863 (Penn v. Hayward)

Peck, C.J.

It is alleged in the petition that in 1839, Stephen Hayward, the ancestor of defendants, being the lawful owner and holder of a certificate of entry and purchase of eighty acres of land in Delaware county in the State of Indiana, sold and assigned the same for a valuable consideration to James Pollock, who, for a like consideration, sold and assigned the certificate to Robert Kyle, and