Legal Opinion

Flier v. Rubin

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 11, 1947PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.

This is a bill for specific performance of the defendants’ contract to convey to the plaintiffs certain real estate in Springfield.

The contract bound the defendants to convey “a good and clear title . . . free from all encumbrances,” with certain exceptions with which we need not concern ourselves on this appeal. It contained this further clause, “If the party of the first part [defendants] shall be unable to give title or to make conveyance as above stipulated, any payments made under this agreement shall be refunded, and all other obligations of either party hereunto shall cease . . . .”…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Old Colony Trust Co. v. ChaunceyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  2. Buckley v. MeerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  3. Moran v. ManningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  4. Dennett v. Norwood Housing Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  5. Margolis v. TarutzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Lucier v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  2. Freedman v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  3. Widebeck v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  4. Lafond v. FrameMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
  5. Sawl v. KwiatkowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965

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