Brooks v. Sprague

The bill of complaint in this case alleges that the plaintiff is the owner of certain real estate in Baltimore which he sold, on May 3rd, 1920, under a conditional contract of sale, to Etta T. Sprague, who. had been a valued employee of the plaintiff, for the sum of $5,000, which was less than its true value, $200 of the purchase price being payable when the contract was signed, $1,300 within sixty days thereafter, and the balance, together with taxes, water rent and interest, in weekly instalments of $12.75; that the contract by its terms was to be null and void, at the plaintiff’s option,…