Pippin Bros. v. Thompson

Suit by appellee to recover money deposited under a contract for the sale of land by appellants to appellee, each of said parties having deposited $500. Ap-pellee alleged that appellants had breached the contract and that he was entitled to recover the entire deposits of $1,000 as liquidated damages, but alleged in the alternative that, in the event he was not entitled to recover the $1,000 as liquidated damages, he was entitled to recover the $500 deposited by himself, because the contract under which such deposits had been made was void for reasons set out by him, and, further, that said…