Simon v. Norcross

The defendant appeals from a judgment in the Superior Court ordering that she specifically perform an agreement for the purchase and sale of a house and lot in Provincetown. The agreement, between the plaintiffs (husband and wife) as buyers and the defendant as seller, is on a stationer’s printed form and provides:

“and for such deed and conveyance the party of the second part is to pay the sum of

twenty-seven thousand ($27,000.00) --------------dollars

of which one hundred ($100.00) --------------dollars have

been paid this day, twenty-six

THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED (26,900.00) ---------------dollars

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