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WELLS'

EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER

AND

BUSINESS FORM BOOK.

A COMPLETE GUIDE IN ALL MATTERS OF LAW AND BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS, FOR EVERY STATE IN THE UNION.

AGREEMENTS.

ALL Agreements are null and void at the end of one year from their dates, unless the contract, or some memorandum thereof, stating the consideration, be in writing and signed by the parties by whom the agreement is made.

All leases expire at the end of one year, unless there is a written agreement, stating the consideration, for a longer period.

All agreements expire at the end of one year unless they ex plicitly state that they are for a longer period.

Signatures signed with a lead pencil, or by making a mark, if theparties making them cannot write, if done in the presence of one or more witnesses, are good in law. But when a pen can be had, it should be used in preference, to obviate the possibility of legal quibbling.

Agreements which fail to show that they were made for a consideration--that is, without a fair or reasonable sum of money, or property to the value of money-are void in law.

Every agreement should distinctly specify the time within which or at the end of which, its conditions shall be complied with. Every instrument is better in law with a seal than without one.

General Form of Agreement.

THIS AGREEMENT, made this first day of Mag, one thousand eigh aundred and sixty, between JOHN DEAN, of the city of Hartford in the county of Hartford, and state of Connecticut, of the firs part, and JAMES GOOD of the village of Windsor, in said county and state, of the second part

WITNESSETH, That the said JOHN DEAN, in consideration of the covenants on the part of the party of the second part, hereinafter contained, doth covenant and agree to and with the said JAMES GOOD, that [here insert the agreement on the part of John Dean.]

And the said JAMES GOOD, in consideration of the covenants on the part of the party of the first part, doth covenant and agree to and with the said JOHN DEAN, that [here insert the agreement on the part of James Good.]

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, the day and year first above written.

Sealed and delivered,

in presence of

JOHN STOUT,

ISAAC FOWLER.

JOHN DEAN.

JAMES GOOD. [L..

[When required this clause may be inserted :]

And it is further agreed, between the parties hereto, that the party that shall fail to perform this agreement on his part, will pay to the other the full sum of fifty dollars, as liquidated, £xed, and settled damages.

Agreement for the Purchase of a House and Lot.

MEMORANDUM of an agreement made this 10th day of July, it the year 1860, between JOHN ROWLEY, Printer, of the city of New York, and CARLTON BRYANT, Merchant, of the same city, witnesseth -That the said JOHN ROWLEY agrees to sell, and the said CARLTON BRYANT agrees to purchase, for the price or consideration of dollars, the house and lot known and distinguished as number ninety-nine, in street, in the said city of New-York. The possession of the property is to be delivered on the first day of May next, when twenty-five per cent. of the purchase-money is to be paid in cash, and a bond and mortgage on the premises, bearing seven per cent. interest, payable in five years (such interest paya ble quarterly), is to be executed for the balance of the purchase

money, at which time also a deed of conveyance in fee simple, containing the usual full covenants and warranty is to be delivered, executed by the said JOHN ROWLEY and wife, and the title made satisfactory to the said CARLTON BRYANT; it being understood that this agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of the respective parties; and also that the said premises are now insured for dollars, and, in

case the said house should be burnt before the said first day of May next, that the said JOHN ROWLEY shall hold the said insurance in trust for, and will then transfer the same to said CARLTON BRYANT with the said deed.

In witness, &c., [as in General Form.]

Agreement for the Sale of Real Estate.

ARTICLES of agreement made and entered into this

day of between A. B. of, of the one part, and C. D. of —, of the other part, as follows: The said A. B. both hereby agree with the said C. D. to sell him the lot of ground, [here describe it,] for the sum of ; and that he, the said A. B., shall and will, no

the day of next, on receiving from the said C. D. the said sum, at his own cost and expense, execute a proper conveyance for the conveying and assuring the fee simple of the said premises to the said C. D., free from all encumbrances, which conveyance shall contain a general warranty and the usual full covenauts. And the said C. D. agrees with the said A. B. that he, the said C. D., shall and will, on the said day of - next, and on execution of such conveyance, pay unto the said A. B. the sum of

aforsesaid. And it is further agreed, between the parties aforesaid, as follows: The said A. B. shall have and retain the possession of the property, and receive and be entitled to the rents and profits thereof, until the said day of next; when, and upon the delivery of the conveyance, the possession is to be delivered to the said C. D. And it is understood that the stipulation aforesaid are to apply to and to bind the heirs, executors, an administrators of the respective parties. And in case of failure, the parties bind themselves each unto the other in the sum of which they hereby consent to fix and liquidate the amount of damages to be paid by the failing party for his non-performance In witness, &c., [as in General Form.]

Agreement for a Lease.

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MEMORANDUM of an agreement made this day of the year, between A. B. of the city of New York, Esquire, and C. D., of said city, merchant, witnesseth, That the said A B.

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