Connor v. Buhl

The plaintiff Drought this action to recover damages for the breach of an executory contract for the exchange of land. The estate of C. H.. Buhl owned a farm of 768 acres of land in Monroe county; and plaintiff owned a large number of parcels of land in the city of Detroit, consisting of houses and lots, valued at something like $335,000, and incumbered in various amounts, aggregating $132,700, as was supposed. After some oral negotiations, defendant, on September 5, 1894, addressed the following letter to one F. B. Trout, who was acting for the plaintiff, and, as he testifies, for defendant…