Little v. Dyer

Plaintiff, the payee, sued defendant, the drawer of a check, in the municipal court of Minneapolis. Payment of the check had been stopped; The defenses were nondelivery of the check and want of consideration. In the reply plaintiff alleged that on the day the check was made and delivered plaintiff agreed to sell and defend ant agreed to buy certain lake shore property on Big Pelican Lake near Brainerd, and pursuant thereto plaintiff signed and delivered to defendant an earnest money contract containing the terms of the agreement and acknowledging the receipt of $200 of earnest money, and…