Hart v. Barron

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:

Action to quiet title. From decree for plaintiff the defendants have appealed.

By contract in writing dated August 28, 1942, entered into between Esther Garrigus Winters of Vallejo, California, and the plaintiff, Edmond F. Hart of Absarokee, Montana, the former agreed to sell and convey and the latter agreed to purchase for the sum of $5,800, 153.12 acres of described land in Stillwater county, Montana, including the landlord’s share of 1942 crops thereon.

Plaintiff, Hart, contracted: (1) To pay $100 “at or before the execution of this contract;” (2) to pay $5,700 “on…