Colton Improvement Co. v. Richter
New York Supreme Court
Action by a corporation to have bond and mortgage canceled and requiring defendant to make an accounting of all profits made on account of the transaction.
1Opinion of the CourtLaughlin, J.
On the 2d day of November, 1891, one Chauncey C. Bailey was the owner of the premises described in the complaint, consisting of twenty acres of farming land situate near Depew, in the county of Erie, and on that day he entered into a contract for the sale thereof to the defendant Richter for the sum of $16,000. The contract, which was not delivered on that day, called for the payment of $500 at the time of delivery, $1,500 within sixty days, when the deed was to be delivered, and it provided that $3,000 of the purchase price should be paid by assuming a mortgage fur that amount then on the…
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