Lynch v. Mills

— On the 1st day of October, 190-1, the plaintiffs, as parties of the first part, entered into a contract *536whereby they agreed to sell and convey to George H. Brislawn and John A. Walker, as parties of the second part, 720 acres of agricultural land, in Whitman county, for the consideration of $22,000. The only portions of the contract material to the present inquiry are the following:

“And the said party of the second part agrees to pay the said sum of Twenty-two thousand dollars gold coin of the United States of America, as follows, to wit: Sixteen hundred dollars at or before the execution…