Thompson v. Hedrick

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This was an action of assumpsit to recover the damages claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiff on account of defendant’s breach of a contract to convey real estate.

The important issue of fact was whether a written contract for the sale of real estate, made January 1, 1919, which called for the payment by the purchaser, (this plaintiff), to the seller, (this defendant), of $3,000, in monthly instalments of $40 each, to be credited on the purchase price aforesaid, “after first deducting interest, insurance, taxes, water rent and other necessary charges,” had been…