Jeffrey v. Pennsylvania Mining Co.
Jeffrey v. Pennsylvania Mining Co.
Opinion of the Court
The parties to the agreement in this case made the time of the payment of the purchase money of its essence. It was for the sale of real estate, and not an option given by the owner, R. G. Jeffrey. One half of the purchase money was to be paid “ on or before the first day of July, A. D. 1900, and the balance in one annual payment with interest from date ; ” and there was
Decree affirmed at appellant’s costs.
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- Vendor and vendee—Time as the essence of contract—Officer. An agreement for the sale of real estate provided that one half of the purchase money should be paid on a day stated, and the balance in one annual payment. The agreement provided as follows: “ It is fully understood by first and second parties that a failure to make any one of said payments at such time as specified in this agreement, or within sixty days after such payment becomes due, shall render this agreement null and void, and it shall not be binding on either party, but shall be a complete surrender and cancelation of said agreement.” No offer was made to pay the first installment of the purchase money until nearly a year after the day it was due. Held, that the vendor was entitled to a cancelation of the contract.