Legal Opinion
Society for Propagation of Faith of Diocese of Wilmington v. Joswick
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided May 9, 1962PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Short, Vice Chancellor:
Plaintiffs seek specific performance of a contract for the sale of a parcel of land situate at 1124 West Fourth Street in the City of Wilmington. Defendants have refused to accept a deed of the premises mentioned on the ground that plaintiffs can not convey to them a good and marketable fee simple title thereto.
On December 19, 1958, Anna C. Crotty, a resident of the City of Wilmington, died. By her last will and testament bearing date September 6, 1957 Anna C. Crotty devised and bequeathed the residue of her estate to “The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 2400…
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- Girard Trust Co. v. Rector of St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal ChurchCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1947
- Hutton v. St. Paul Brotherhood of the People's ChurchCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1935
- Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church v. Equitable Trust Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1942
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Stevens Bros. Foundation, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
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