Hatch v. Wolack

Jesse E. Hatch and Alice L. Hatch, husband and wife, seek specific performance of a contract for the deed of a lot together with the house constructed thereon. They allege that defendant Sol Z. Wolack represented that he was the owner of a certain lot located in the city of Detroit, and that on September 13,1945, plaintiffs purchased the lot paying Wolack $1,000 for it; that contemporaneously with such purchase Wolack agreed in a separate contract to erect upon the lot a residence for the plaintiffs; that plaintiffs paid an additional $1,000 on the price of $7,750 to be paid Wolack for…