Rogers v. Gruber

Plaintiff, as purchaser, sues for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. At the time the contract was .made title to the land stood in the ñamé of Elizabeth Gruber, deceased and intestate, mother of defendants Walter and George Gruber, her only heirs. The’ controversy hinges on the interpretation of a provision of the contract which reads: “Parties of the first part [defendants, vendors] agree to deliver to party of the second part' [plaintiff, purchaser] an abstract showing good title' in Elizabeth Gruber, the deceased mother of grantors, Walter Gruber and George…