Brown v. Lee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Suit by R. M. Lee and another against E. F. Brown and another. Judgment for complainants, and defendants bring' error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Suit by R. M. Lee and another against E. F. Brown and another. Judgment for complainants, and defendants bring' error. This action was brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiffs in error for a breach of the following contract: “This contract and agreement for the purchase and sale of certain lands lying and being situate in Howard county, Ark., and other lots and parcels of land and town lots lying and being situate in Canyon City, Tex., made and entered into by and between R. At. Lee, party…
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBY, Circuit Judgp
(after stating the facts as above). This is an action for damages for breach of a written executory contract of sale brought by the vendor and others against the vendee and another. The contract/in brief, is an agreement by R. M. Lee to convey 1,562½ acres of land situated in Arkansas to E. E. Brown, for which E. F. Brown agrees to pay Lee $12,000, as follows: $3,500 in cash, $2,000 in lands situated in Texas, and the balance to be secured by four notes — one for $2,000 due 12 months after date, one for '$500 due 18 months after date, one for $2,000 due 24 months after…
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