Merriam v. Goodlett

Maxwell, Ch. J.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff in the district court of Otoe county to have a certain contract for the sale of lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, in block 168, in Nebraska City proper, canceled and held for naught, and to have a mortgage executed by one Boies to Paine & Co., in 1874, declared barred and satisfied, etc., and to quiet and confirm the title in the plaintiff. The contract under which the Goodletts hold is as follows : “I, S. N. Merriam, am held and firmly bound unto Jennie H. Goodlett in the sum of $1,500, conditioned that I will, time being the essence of this…