Bissonnette v. Hanton City Realty Corp.

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

In the matter before us, a Superior Court justice, sitting without a jury, awarded a judgment of specific performance of a contract for the sale of land to the plaintiff-buyer and ordered him to reimburse the defendant-seller for the real-estate taxes paid on the property since the date that had originally been set for closing. The defendant appeals from the judgment as well as from the refusal of the trial justice to award it interest on the unpaid purchase price. The plaintiff cross-appeals from the order directing him to pay taxes on the property.

The following…