Yamada v. McLeod

Here, we consider whether the trial court correctly required real estate purchasers to specifically perform their contract. We must decide: (1) whether the sellers had good and marketable title to the property; (2) whether the opinion of the purchaser’s attorney to the contrary was sufficient justification for their refusal to close without an alleged defect being cured; and (3) whether specific performance was the proper remedy under the circumstances.

Upon Helen Mae Posey’s death on November 12, 1988, a house and two lots, known as 2012 South Arlington Ridge Road in Arlington County (the…