Farmers Investment Co. v. O'Brien

This was an action by the plaintiff, Farmers Investment Company, to recover from the defendant, Almeda Z. O’Brien, $1,000 and other moneys paid under a contract whereby the plaintiff company had agreed to purchase from defendant a certain farm. The trial court found in favor of the plaintiff and entered a judgment for a return to plaintiff of the moneys so paid by it. From that judgment, the defendant appeals.

The contract provided that plaintiff should pay $13,250 for the farm; $1,000 of this consideration was to be paid immediately, and defendant was to furnish to the plaintiff an abstract…