Beal v. Polhemus

The plaintiffs brought suit in the circuit court for the county of Washtenaw upon the following contract :

“8600. Ann Arbor, Mich., December 31,1881.

“ On or before the thirty-first day of December, 1883, for value received, I promise to pay to Rice A. Beal, or bearer, six hundred dollars.

*131“This note is given on condition that said Bice A. Beal,, his heirs or assigns, shall erect a building on the north-east corner of Ann and Main streets on block two, north of Huron street, in the city of Ann Arbor, and that said building shall, on or before the thirty-first day of December, 1883, be occupied…