Landa v. Schmidt

These are suits to enforce a contract in relation to purchase of a bar in the city of Detroit. The preliminary sales agreement contained a proviso making purchase contingent on approval by the Michigan liquor control commission, but pledging the parties to take “the necessary steps” to effect the transfer.

On application for transfer of the license, the Michigan liquor control commission insisted as a condition precedent that the defendants, the prospective purchasers, divest themselves of a chattel mortgage and promissory notes pertaining to the furniture and fixtures of another bar in…