Long v. Chandler
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Bill for Specific Performance. The bill was filed by a vendee against the vendor for specific performance of a contract of sale of land, with an abatement of the price based on the value of the inchoate right of dower of the wife of the vendor, who refused to join him in a conveyance of the land, or with an order requiring the defendant to give bond with surety to indemnify the complainant against a claim of the wife of the defendant for dower in the land.
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Bill for Specific Performance. The bill was filed by a vendee against the vendor for specific performance of a contract of sale of land, with an abatement of the price based on the value of the inchoate right of dower of the wife of the vendor, who refused to join him in a conveyance of the land, or with an order requiring the defendant to give bond with surety to indemnify the complainant against a claim of the wife of the defendant for dower in the land. The pleadings and facts appear from the opinion of the Chancellor, the case being heard on bill, answer and depositions.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainant, Long, as vendee, by his bill seeks from the defendant, Chandler, as vendor specific performance of a contract for the sale of a lot of land in Dagsboro, evidenced by a receipt in writing dated July 3, 1913, whereby Chandler acknowledged payment to him by Long of five dollars as part payment of the purchase price of the land for seven hundred dollars for “a free and clear title.” It is alleged that the seller refused to convey to the buyer, though the balance of the price was tendered, pretending that he was unable to make a good title, and that a good title…
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