Dryden v. Kellogg

On March 24, 1869, the Southwestern Freight and Cotton Press Company, a corporation created under the laws of Missouri, proposed in writing to sell to the plaintiffs one steam-engine and boiler, at the price of $1,500, and all the improvements then standing on certain lots at the intersection of Main and Plum streets, St. Louis, at the price of $2,000, all to be paid in cash ; also, to transfer to plaintiffs, free of charge, an unexpired lease of the same lots, plaintiffs agreeing to pay all taxes on the property, and the annual .rents thereafter to fall due. Plaintiffs accepted the offer,…