Harding v. Robinson

The essentials of this controversy may be thus stated: Plaintiff Lombard desired to purchase a tract of land owned by defendant Robinson. They entered into a written agreement providing for the placing in the hands of the defendant, Title Guarantee and Trust Company, certain papers accompanied by instructions governing the conduct of the escrowee in regard thereto. In brief, this agreement was as follows: Lombard was to pay a certain amount in cash and execute a series of promissory notes each for one thousand dollars falling due a month apart. A deed to the property was to be executed by…