Stockwell v. City of Sioux Falls

On the 28th day of November, 1938, plaintiff, being the owner of a small tract of ground in the City of Sioux Falls, entered into an option contract executed in the name of the City of Sioux Falls by one Bert T. Yeager, whereby plaintiff, for a valuable consideration, agreed to sell and convey to the defendant the said tract of ground upon the payment by the defendant to the plaintiff of the sum of $2,000 on or before the 10th day of January, 1939. On said tract of ground was located a gravel pit, and the record shows that it was for the purpose of acquiring this gravel pit that defendant was…