Cochrane v. Oliver

This action of assumpsit was brought by plaintiff in error, administratrix of the estate of James C. Walker, deceased, to recover damages for the failure of defendant to . convey land according to agreement.

On the 18th of January, 1856, James C. Walker purchased from the defendant in error twenty acres of land for $1,300.

A written contract was entered into between the parties, in which it was stipulated that defendant had sold the land for the sum named above, and had received in cash five hundred dollars, and that the balance was to be paid in a few days, on the delivery of the deed, for…