Jakober v. E. M. Loew's Capitol Theatre, Inc.

This is a civil action wherein the plaintiff vendee seeks specific performance of an agreement for the sale of real estate. It was heard before a justice of the Superior Court in a jury-waived trial. After judgment was entered in that court denying the plaintiff’s prayer for specific performance but ordering the return to him of a thousand dollar deposit, the plaintiff instituted this appeal.

The defendants are E. M. Loew’s Capitol Theatre, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation, and Elias M. Loew, a resident of Massachusetts. Loew is the principal officer and stockholder of the corporation. The…