Drayson v. Height

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The appellee, J. Lester Height, contracted in writing on October 27, 1949, to sell certain realty to. the appellant, Milton Drayson. His wife, who was not a party to the contract, refused to join in a conveyance pursuant thereto. The appellant expressed his willingness to accept a deed executed by Height alone, without any reduction in price because of, and without indemnity against, the wife’s outstanding dower. But Height refused to convey, and Drayson instituted this suit against 'him in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on…