F. Haag & Bro. v. Reichert

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

Early in 1905 Wiley Beichert and F. Haag & Bro., of Henderson, made a contract for the purchase of the Halliday tract of about 1,800 acres of land in Ballard county, for the sum of $30,000 cash. The deed was drawn and executed and sent to Wiley Beichert and F. Haag & Bro. with a draft for the purchase money. They, however, being unable to raise that amount of money, or unwilling to put so large a sum into' one transaction, persuaded John Beichert, the father of Wiley Beichert, to take over their purchase, with the understanding that if F. Haag &…