Whitley v. Tessman

Bernard Whitley, plaintiff and appellee, filed a bill in chancery for the specific performance of a land contract and to enjoin an action in ejectment brought by the defendants herein to quiet their title to the land. On August 6, 1936, Henry H. Masten, a single man, and William F. Mahar and Carol L. Mahar, his wife, as vendors, entered into a contract to sell to V. H. Thornburgh 5 lots in the township of Garfield, Mackinac county, Michigan, containing about 171.60 acres. The consideration named was $5,000, of which $500 was paid a.t the time the contract was executed and the balance,…