Reed v. Hassell

OPINION

CHRISTIE, Judge.

By contract dated August 16, 1969, the plaintiffs, Thomas J. Reed and Sally Reed, his wife, agreed to purchase from Andrew Hassell (who died before the transaction was completed) and Loretta Hassell, his wife, Lots 82 and 83, Second Addition, Bay View Park, Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware.

The printed contract form used by the parties provided that the title was to be “good and merchantable, free of liens and encumbrances except . . . publicly recorded easements for public utilities and other easements which may be observed by the inspection of the property.”

By…