Eno v. . Woodworth
New York Court of Appeals
William Eno and Charles J. Euggles, who were the assign ees of Yirgil D. Bonesteel, sued William W. Woodworth in [250] the supreme court, to recover back the sum of $1500 paid by Bonesteel to the defendant.
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William Eno and Charles J. Euggles, who were the assign ees of Yirgil D. Bonesteel, sued William W. Woodworth in [250] the supreme court, to recover back the sum of $1500 paid by Bonesteel to the defendant. The facts were these : on the 10th day of August, 1847, an agreement was made between Bonesteel and the defendant as follows : “It is agreed between William W. Woodworth, of Hyde Park, and Y. D. Bonesteel, of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, as follows : the said William W. Woodworth agrees to sell to said Bonesteel the one-twentieth part of two thousand acres of land situate in and around…
1Opinion of the Court
Bronson, Ch. J.
The defendant agreed to sell, and at a future period to convey, certain lands to Bonesteel, the plaintiff’s assignor, for the consideration of three thousand five hundred dollars, which Bonesteel paid at the time, fifteen hundred dollars in money, and the residue by his promissory note; and the defendant further agreed, that at the expiration of one year, if Bonesteel should so desire, and give thirty days’ notice, he would pay back to Bonesteel the three thousand five hundred dollars with the interest thereon. The defendant did not convey in pursuance of the contract; and the…
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