Hubert v. Joslin

May 12, 1932, plaintiffs traded their Chicago property to defendants for a farm with cer tain personal property thereon located in Ravenna township, Muskegon county. Plaintiffs agreed to pay $2,100 to defendants to boot. This agreement was evidenced by a land contract wherein plaintiffs became purchasers of the Ravenna property. Plaintiff Peter Hubert and defendant Crill Joslin later signed a further agreement in relation to broker’s fees and other things, which contract contained a so-called “self reliance clause.”

Prior to the execution of the instruments effecting the trade of properties,…