Ontario Advancement Co. v. Stevens

This is a suit by the vendor, strictly to foreclose the vendee’s right in certain tracts of land, five in number, covered by five contracts, in three of which the vendee was the original party and two of which he was the assignee of the original vendee. Except for the description of the land, the price to be paid and installments thereof, the contracts are identical in terms being drawn on a uniform blank. Taking Plaintiff’s Exhibit 1 as an example so far as it is necessary for the decision of the case it reads as follows:

“This agreement, made this 5th day of March, A. D. 1912, by and between…