Board of Missions for Freedmen of Presbyterian Church v. Dreher

In 1929, as we gather from the amended complaint, the plaintiff and the defendant Dreher entered into an oral contract,' whereby the former agreed to sell to the latter, and the latter agreed to purchase from the former, a tract of land containing about 26 acres for the sum of $1,052.00, payable as follows: $240.00 in cash, and one-tenth of the balance, with interest at 6 per cent, per annum, each year until the entire amount should be paid. With the consent of the plaintiff, upon the payment of the $240.00, the defendant Dreher went upon the lands and has been in possession ever since. He…