Strickel v. Brownfield State Bank

W. T. Strickel brought this suit against the Brownfield State Bank and the J. B. King Land Company, a partnership, to recover the sum of $1,040,. with interest Plaintiff alleged, and it was shown on the trial, that there had been deposited in the Brownfield State Bank, by one J. L. Johnson, the sum of $2,000, as “earnest money,” on a contract for the sale of land by plaintiff to the said Johnson. This contract was executed by Johnson and the King Land Company, as agents for plaintiff. The particular provision of the contract with which we are concerned, reads as follows:

“If .party of the…