God v. Hurt

In this chancery proceeding, we consider whether the purchasers under a contract by a married woman for the sale of real estate are entitled to specific performance of that contract, with an abatement in the purchase price due to the inchoate curtesy interest of the seller’s husband.

The facts are substantially not disputed. In April of 1969, appellees David A. Hurt and Eva Moore Hurt, his wife, became interested in the purchase of a newly constructed townhouse in Alexandria owned by General Properties Corporation, of which appellant Mary Green God was an officer and principal stockholder.…