Wier v. Johns

Peed, O.

Appellant, plaintiff below, on the 1st of May, 1889, was, and for a long time previous had been, the owner of a tract of land near the city of Denver, and, being desirous of encouraging manufactures and enhancing the value of his land, entered into a contract with appellee whereby appellant was to donate and deed a tract of land to appellee in consideration of his building and maintaining on some part of the land quite an extensive factory for the manufactory of carriages. The contract in the first instance was for the donation of a tract ten acres in extent. Afterwards it was…