Adami v. Backer

The plaintiff requires the defendants to specifically perform a contract to purchase a lot on Forrest avenue, ¡New York city. The defendants object that no marketable title can be given. Plaintiff bought at a judicial sale under a judgment in an action to which all the persons interested in the lands of Frederick Schwab, deceased, the undoubted owner at his death, were parties. That judgment determined that Barbara Schwab, the widow, held title as trustee for the estate, subject to the rights of his children and those entitled under his will. It further provided that the lands in question…