Legal Opinion
Swartz v. Sher
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 29, 1962PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
This is an action of contract, brought in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston, to recover a $500 deposit under an agreement for the sale of land in Sharon. The vendor (Sher) was to convey to the buyer (Swartz) “a good and clear record and marketable title.’’ When the agreement was made, the real estate stood in the name of one Jacobson who “acquired the premises . . . [by] deed dated June 30,1958, from George L. Harwood and Edward M. Anderson, [t]rustees under a [d] eclaration of [t]rust known as the Harwood Realty Trust. ’ ’ The declaration of trust was recorded in the Norfolk County…
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- Kaufman v. Federal National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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