White v. Widger

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Doyle.

The parties are referred to as they appeared in the trial court where plaintiff in error White was plaintiff and Widger was defendant. White instituted a forcible entry and detainer action in which he sought to regain possession of a 160-acre tract of farm property which had been sold to Widger on an installment contract.

Defendant first went into possession of the land in October of 1940 under a vendor-purchaser installment contract dated September 5, 1940, wherein plaintiff agreed to sell the farm for a total purchase price of $8,000 in installments as follows:…