Andrade v. Hanley

This is an action of contract brought in the District Court to recover damages for the failure of the defendants to accept a deed of real estate in performance of an alleged written contract between the defendants and the plaintiff for the purchase and sale of said real estate. There was a finding for the plaintiff. Four requests for rulings made by the defendants were denied. The first request was as follows: “Where written papers dated August 14, 1930, providing for the purchase of real estate were signed in duplicate by all the parties and were delivered by the vendor, who retained one…