Reinert v. Lawson

GALLAGHER, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Otto Reinert, sued appellee, W. P. Lawson, for damages for the alleged ■breach of a contract by the terms of which appellant agreed to sell to appellee, and he agreed to purchase from appellant, a certain gin plant in the city of Hamilton. Appellant copied said contract in his petition. It contained a provision for the payment of a forfeit or liquidated damages by either party who refused to consummate the same. Appellant alleged that appellee declined to consummate said contract and that he had stópped payment on the check put up by him as a forfeit or…