Fine v. Dyke Bros.

On March 1, 1920, J. H. Fine owned a five-acre tract of land, which he contracted to sell to C. H. Law for the sum of $1,500, of which $35 was cash in hand paid and the balance was to be paid in monthly installments of $35 each, all evidenced by the notes of Law to the order of Fine, and hearing interest at the rate of eight per cent, per annum. The contract of sale provided that the title should remain in Fine until the consideration had been fully paid, and that, if Law should default in his payments, or any of them, Fine should have the option of declaring the contract void, and that “all…