Williams v. Lilley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate, and for other relief; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The sole question is whether the plaintiff is entitled to the unexpended balance of the insurance money, to wit, $8,789.94, as a part of the purchase money.
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Suit to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate, and for other relief; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The sole question is whether the plaintiff is entitled to the unexpended balance of the insurance money, to wit, $8,789.94, as a part of the purchase money. It is plain from the terms of the agreement that the plaintiff’s right to become the owner of the property, might be exercised at any time…
1Opinion of the CourtFenn, J.
This is a ease reserved by the Superior Court for the advice of this court. The facts found, so far as material to be stated here, are as follows:—
On June 20th, 1890, the defendants, husband and wife, married since 1877, were, and still are, the equal owners, as tenants in common, of a piece of land situated in Waterbury, in this State, with a business block, five stories in height, standing thereon. On said day, the plaintiff and defendants executed in duplicate an instrument by which the defendants leased to the plaintiff the four upper floors of said building, for the term of ten years…
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