Snittjer v. Paterni

The defendant, John Paterni, owned 90 acres of land near Wellsburg. About the second Monday of March, 1915, plaintiff, Snittjer, entered into an oral agreement to purchase said land at $235 per acre, paid $10 down, and later $10 for an oat bin, which otherwise was adjusted, and was to pay $1,000 on the next day, or when required by Paterni, and the remainder of the purchase price January 1, 1916. Snittjer tendered the remainder of the purchase price on that date and demanded a deed, but Paterni refused the money, and would not convey. The object of this suit is to compel the specific…