Lewis v. Lee

Lee sold Lewis twenty-five acres of land. Lewis agreed to pay therefor $2000. Before the payment was to be made and the deed executed, Lewis notified Lee, in writing, that he should not adhere to the contract; that he should neither pay for the land nor take it. After the time at which the contract was to be executed had elapsed, Lee sued Lewis for damages for the breach of the contract, alleging that he had been, at all times, and then was able and willing to' make a deed on payment, &c.; but that he had not tendered one because Lewis had notified him, in effect, that it would not be…