Baird v. A. L. Johnson Co.

Birdzell, Ch. J.

In October, 1918, the defendant, the A. L. Johnson Company, entered into a contract whereby it sold to one Hans A. Johnson a half section of land for a consideration of $11,200, $1,500 being paid in cash and the balance made payable by the delivery of one-half the crop for each year beginning with the crop for 1919. Under the contract the purchaser obligated himself to pay all taxes beginning with the taxes for the year 1919, and the contract contained the further stipulation that until delivery of one-half the grain to the vendor to be applied on the contract, the title to…