Fletcher v. Brewer

This was an action to recover damages for breach of a written contract for the sale of real estate. The contract is in the ordinary form, save in one respect mentioned later. The defense pleaded is that at the time the contract was entered into the land was owned by one Philena Campbell who lived in Illinois; that the,defendant had corresponded with her husband and negotiated with him for the purchase of the land; that plaintiff knew these facts and knew that it was uncertain as to whether the premises would be conveyed by her; that it was agreed that no part of the purchase money should be…