Hampton Farmers Co-Operative Company v. Fehd

— The questions presented here are (1) whether a vendor can accelerate the payment of installments on a real-estate contract and then forfeit the contract for failure to pay the entire balance due and (2) if not, does, such wording in the notice of forfeiture render the notice a nullity.

Plaintiff was a creditor of vendees of a certain real-estate contract. On November 17, 1963, a barn and silo on the premises subject to the contract were destroyed by fire. On February 21, 1964, vendees executed a mortgage covering their equity in the premises to plaintiff. On February 24, 1964, plaintiff…