C. & W. Dyeing & Cleaning Co. Inc. v. DeQuattro

The plaintiff, has appealed from a final decree dismissing its hill in equity for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land owned by the defendant. The case is before us on a statutory report of material facts. The evidence is not reported. We therefore accept the reported findings as true, unless mutually inconsistent. Sturnick v. Watson, 336 Mass. 139, 143. The question is whether on the findings reported the decree was rightly entered. Jose v. Lyman, 316 Mass. 271, 277, and cases cited. Cross v. Cross, 324 Mass. 186,188.

The plaintiff is the present occupant of the locus…