Shelton v. Gillett

Plaintiff sues defendant in assumpsit on. the following contract:

“I hereby promise to pay to Freeman J. Shelton the sum of seventy dollars at the expiration of one year from this date, provided that within such time I succeed in disposing of the interest in certain lands on section four, township of Cohoctah, Livingston county, Michigan, which said Shelton has this day conveyed to me; and if I do not so ’dispose of the same within one year,' but dispose of the same at any time within five years, I will pay said Shelton such seventy dollars when I do dispose of the same, less such a sum as…