Burk v. Dunn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Assumpsit upon a sealed instrument, etc., in the Circuit Court of Vermilion County; the Hon. Ferdinand Bookwalter, Judge, presiding. Declaration, special and common counts; pleas, general issue and special pleas; trial by the court, finding and judgment for plaintiff; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the November term, 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wall
On the 6th of September, 1892, the parties to this suit entered into a written agreement under seal, whereby the appellant agreed to sell to the appellee, and the latter agreed to buy, a tract of land containing two hundred acres situated in White county, Indiana. The price fixed by the agreement was $6,400, of which $3,000 was to be paid March 1, 1893, and the deferred payments were to be made in four equal installments in one, two, three and four years from the contract date with six per cent interest, to be secured by mortgage upon the land. The appellant was to convey the land to the…
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