Cornell v. Tuck

Dorsey, C.

January 4, 1918, Tom Tuck entered into a written agreement to sell and convey a quarter section of land in Box Butte county, Nebraska, to the appellant, Lyman B. Cornell, or to such purchaser as he might procure within 30 days, for the sum of $2,180, of which the appellant paid down $100, and $1,580 was to be paid by him upon delivery of the deed. The agreement provided that the land was to be clear except for a mortgage of $500 to be assumed by the appellant. Tuck agreed to furnish an abstract showing a perfect and marketable title, and to deposit the abstract and a deed *760to the…