Mailloux v. Dickey

In this case, the plaintiff appeals from a denial of specific performance of a purchase and sale agreement for land and from a refusal to set aside the sale of that land to a third party. The purchase and sale agreement contained a clause indicating the agreement would terminate upon the failure of the parties to close the transaction by November 5, 1984. On November 11, when the sale had not been closed, defendant Arthur Dickey entered into a purchase and sale agreement to sell his land to defendant Joseph King. The plaintiff filed a petition for specific performance to com*64pel Dickey to…