What is the effect of a contract to sell land for a sum of money?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Fidelity Trust Company v. Hall, 1918 CanLII 107 (SK QB):
In Doe d. Phillpotts v. Crouch, 5 U.C.R. 453, the headnote—which fully explains the nature of the case—is as follows: A. contracts to sell B. certain land for a sum of money, to be paid by annual instalments, and the defendant went into possession under B upon some understanding or condition, hot explained at the trial; default was made in the payments to A.—Held per Cur that A. could bring ejectment against the defendant without notice or demand of possession.
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