Parker v. Crane
New York Supreme Court
Demurrer. The declaration contains two counts in assumpsit on a special agreement. In the first count the agreement is set forth in hose verba ; it bears date in July, 1820, and after reciting, that whereas the plaintiff did, in April then last past, sell and convey unto the defendant the possession of a lot of land containing 50 acres, being part of lot No. 6, in Junius, said to be escheated to the state, the defendant undertook to pay to the plaintiff $127,50, on or before…
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Demurrer. The declaration contains two counts in assumpsit on a special agreement. In the first count the agreement is set forth in hose verba ; it bears date in July, 1820, and after reciting, that whereas the plaintiff did, in April then last past, sell and convey unto the defendant the possession of a lot of land containing 50 acres, being part of lot No. 6, in Junius, said to be escheated to the state, the defendant undertook to pay to the plaintiff $127,50, on or before the 1st February then next, if he, the defendant, should be able to procure a deed of conveyance of the soil of the 50…
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