Gilson v. Boston Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover moneys paid to the defendant on a contract to sell real estate, brought by appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the court, Scott, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
This action grows out of a written contract under seal, dated August 1st, 1906, by which the defendants (a copartnership composed of two members) agreed to sell and convey to the plaintiff certain real estate for $294. Twenty-five dollars of the contract price was paid upon the execution of the written agreement, and the balance was to be paid in instalments of $5 per week. October 7th, 1906, the plaintiff was further credited with $16 of the contract price.
The agreement provided that if she failed to pay any of the stipulated instalments for thirty days after it fell due, the agreement to…
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