Clark v. Jackson

On March 5, 1903, the appellant, Leonard J. Clark, and the appellee Jefferson Jackson, entered into a contract in writing and under seal, whereby Jackson agreed to convey to Clark a certain apartment building in Chicago, Illinois, and Clark agreed to give Jackson his promissory notes for $70,000, payable in the manner stated in the contract and secured by a mortgage on the apartment building, and to transfer or cause to be transferred to Jackson 4820 shares of the capital stock of the Attica Lithia Springs Company, a corporation of Attica, Indiana, said corporation to be, at the time of the…