Hurless v. Wiley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

H. C. Wiley and G. W. Hurless entered into a written contract by which the former agreed to sell, and the latter to buy, a tract of land at $25 an acre, and in pursuance of the contract a deed was delivered conveying the land from a third person to Hurless, who paid for it. A week after the execution of the contract Wiley signed and delivered to Hurless an agreement to find a purchaser for the land at $30 *348an acre within the ensuing year. No buyer was found and Hurless sued Wiley Ur a breach of the contract. The plaintiff recoverea a judgment,…