Crichton v. Halliburton & Moore

Halliburton & Moore were partners in the real estate business, and early in 1923 they took up with Mrs. Minna Lombard Crichton the matter of selling a plantation. After negotiations, they secured one John W. Miller as a purchaser of the plantation aforesaid, the purchase being made almost entirely on credit. The contract between Mrs. Crichton and Miller was signed on the 27th day of March, 1923, and reads as follows :

“Received of John W. Miller, the sum of ten dollars ($10) as earnest money in part payment for the purchase of the following described real-estate, situated in the county of…