Watkins v. Hendricks
Supreme Court of Georgia
. Equitable petition. Before Judge Kawlings. Tattnall superior court. October 6, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
1. While time is not ordinarily of the essence of the contract, it may become so by express agreement or by reasonable construction. Civil Code (1910), § 4268 (8). In this ease the purchaser of land in 1902 agreed to pay for it in five installments, payable on January 1st of each year, and to clear, improve, and put in cultivation twelve acres of land a year. The contract provided that in the event the purchaser failed to make the clearings or improvements as agreed, or failed to pay the purchase-money “as above mentioned, then this contract or agreement is to be null and void, and rights of…
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