Everett v. Todd
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Action for specific performance of contract.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt
On the 29th day of May, 1888, one John W. Todd was the claimant, under the homestead law of the United States, of 160 acres of land in Douglas county, Colorado, and Harriette E. Harsel was the claimant, under the pre-emption law of the United States, of an adjoining 160 acres. Upon this date Todd gave a written option to the plaintiffs, W. B. Everett, William E. Gray and J. C. Carpenter, for the purchase of both of said tracts of land for the sum of $2,100. This option, by its terms, was to expire on the 1st day of August, *3231888. Afterwards, Mrs. Harsel obtained title to the land filed on…
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