Wurfel v. Bockler

On December 30, 1919, Charles Bockler, one of the defendants here, as party of the first part, and J. J. Wurfel, plaintiff here, as party of the second part, made a written contract with each other whereby Bockler agreed to buy and Wurfel agreed to sell to Bockler certain real property described in the contract as lots 2, 3, 10 and 11 in Block 1 in the town of Barlow, Oregon. Further conditions of the agreement are as follows:

“The second party promises and agrees to furnish to the first party an abstract showing a merchantable title free from all encumbrances, which said title shall be…