Nebraska Supreme Court February 20, 1901, No. 11,733 (Garneau v. Kendall)

Holcomb, J.

An action at law was instituted to recover from a grantee of real estate on a covenant in the deed of conveyance as follows: “Subject to incumbrances amounting to fourteen thousand four hundred ($14,400.00) dollars, which the said Joseph Garneau, Junior, [the grantee] hereby assumes and agrees to pay, and the interest on same from Dec. 11, 1890.