Marquardt v. Fisher

Defendants, on October 17, 1925, contracted to purchase from plaintiffs certain real property in the city of Portland, agreeing to pay the purchase money in stated monthly instalments and also agreeing to pay all taxes that should be assessed against the land. They took possession under the contract and later defaulted, having paid less than one-fourth of the purchase price and none of the taxes. While so in default,-plaintiffs brought this suit, seeking both a foreclosure of the contract and also a judgment and decree against defendants for the amount due under the contract at the…