Earl v. Campbell

Hoffman, Justice.

The action is to enforce the specific execution of a contract for the purchase of certain premises, known as No 17, West Thirty-first street, in New-York. The plaintiff was to give a good and sufficient title, and the defendant to pay the consideration money of $13,000, viz., $1,300 in cash, and the balance in the manner set forth in the complaint.

The memorandum, or contract of sale is as follows:

“ Receipt for deposit, $1,300.

“ New-York, March 23,1857.

“ Received from John Campbell, Esq., $1,300, being ten per cent, of the amount of his purchase at private sale this day, of…