Reed v. Bostleman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to determine the rights of the parties to a contract for the exchange of property. The plaintiff agreed to convey a tract of land in Kansas to the deféndant. The defendant agreed to convey land in Nebraska and to transfer other property in Nebraska to the plaintiff. Besides this, the defendant agreed to make a cash payment, give his note to the plaintiff for $1750, and assume a mort*634gage on the Kansas land. The contract provided that the plaintiff should not convey the Kansas land until the defendant paid the note and that…