Buchanan v. Flandreau

The plaintiff, a stock farmer, interested himself in the fall of 1941, as a prospective purchaser of Woodbury farm property owned by the defendant. Climaxing this interest, the plaintiff and the defendant, on November 12, 1941, entered into a written agreement (Plaintiff’s Ex. A) wherein the plaintiff contracted to purchase no less than 23 acres of land and a number of farm buildings for an aggregate price of $9,250. An initial payment of $2,000 was made by the plaintiff upon execution of this agreement.

The material portions of the agreement, requiring consideration in a determination of this…