Flanagan Estate v. Great Cent. Land Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Coos : James W. Hamilton, Judge. Suit by the Flanagan Estate, a corporation, against the Great Central Land Company and others.
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From Coos : James W. Hamilton, Judge. Suit by the Flanagan Estate, a corporation, against the Great Central Land Company and others. On July 25, 1902, Florence Sheridan and others, being the sole heirs at law of Patrick Flanagan, deceased, gave to one H. Sengstacken the following agreement in writing : “For Value each for him or herself agree that they will convey to H. Sengstacken all of the interest which I have in and to the real property owned by my father, P. Flanagan, at the time of his death on what is known as Pony Slough and known as the Pony Slough Tract and including the land known…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
1. The first contention in logical order to be noticed is that the forfeiture was prematurely declared, it being insisted by counsel for the defendant land company that the third payment of 50 per cent of the $49,000 remaining of the purchase price after the payment of the $1,000 was not then due and payable. The position depends upon the proper interpretation of the contract, the plaintiff contending that the payment in question fell due July 25, 1903. The agreement or contract, as will be noticed, provides that Sengstacken shall pay on the day which it-bears *340date the sum of $1,000, “and…
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