Carson v. Redding

1. Defendant, The Equitable Securities Company of New York, owned a tract of land in Montrose county, and W. O. Redding was its local agent at Montrose. Plaintiff, John Carson, lived at Hazeltine, near Denver. On a visit to Montrose the latter part of October, 1901, he and Redding- reached an understanding that he could buy the land for two thousand dollars, three hundred to be paid at the close of the transaction, and the balance in four annual deferred payments. The exact time of these payments, kind of security, rate of interest, and the time and conditions upon which the deed should be…