Tilton v. Butts, DePue & Co.

Blandford, Justice.

Defendants in error sued the plaintiff in error upon a written promise as follows :

“ $100. Twelve months after date, I promise to pay A. T. Logan, or bearer, one hundred dollars, value received. Witness my hand and seal. The consideration of this note is a part of the purchase money for the soapstone, talc and one-half of all other mineral interest in, under and upon lot of land No. 279, in 26th district, 2d section, of Murray county, Georgia, and is conditioned as follows: If the said soapstone interest and talc on said lot of land, upon development, prove to be a failure,…