Patterson v. Jones

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $2,079.97 damages, alleged to have been sustained by appellee, R. W. Jones, because of the failure of thé appellant, G-. S. Patterson, to comply with a contract for the purchase of a tract of land near Louisville, Ky.

On April 10,1926, the parties entered into a written contract by the terms of which Jones agreed to sell, and Patterson agreed to purchase, for a consideration of $20,-000, a tract of 55 acres of land, the purchaser “to receive a clear, unencumbered, marketable title, to be conveyed by deed of…