Legal Opinion
Wells v. Lee Builders, Inc.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided October 14, 1953PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wolcott,
Justice, delivering the opinion of the court:
On May 12, 1950, the appellants, two elderly widows, hereinafter called defendants, 1 entered into a contract for the sale of land with one Morgan, a nominee of the appellee, hereinafter called plaintiff. The contract was for the sale of two adjacent tracts of land in Elsmere, New Castle County. Erected on the two tracts is a double dwelling house in which the two defendants live, each on her own side.
By the contract, the plaintiff was obligated to pay down the sum of $1,000 and to pay the sum of $19,000- on the day of final settlement.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morgan v. WellsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1951
- Katsonas v. W. M. Sutherland Building & Contracting Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Morgan v. WellsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1951
- Kittinger v. RossmanCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1921
- Wilkins v. EvansCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1821
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Haft v. Dart Group Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1993
- Lee Builders v. WellsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1954
- Swiss Bank Corporation and O'COnnOr Investments v. Dresser Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Northern Delaware Industrial Development Corp. v. E. W. Bliss Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1968
- Lee Builders, Inc. v. WellsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1954
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