Curran v. Holyoke Water Power Co.

The plaintiff seeks to enforce specific performance of an oral agreement for the sale and conveyance to him of a parcel of land for a building lot in Holyoke. That such an agreement was made is clearly proved and admitted ; also that the plaintiff has paid the full consideration, has gone into possession, and has erected a substantial building upon the lot, in good faith, relying upon the permission of the defendant that he should do so without waiting for the delivery of a deed. The bargain was for a lot with its front upon Park Street, between Adams and Sargeant streets, and adjoining a lot…