Parker v. Porter

This was an action by Parker, the appellant here, against Porter, the appellee, to recover back the sum of $175, which the former had paid to the latter under an agreement made between them- April 22,1881, whereby the defendant agreed to sell, and the plaintiff to buy, certain premises described as “ lot eight in block fifty-six, Hyde Park subdivision.” The plaintiff paid as a deposit the said sum, and agreed to pay the balance of jim'chase money, specified as $2,000, upon the delivery by defendant of a warranty deed and abstract of title brought down by the recorder’s office to date, showing…