Sands v. Arruda

This is a suit in equity seeking the specific performance of a written agreement to execute and deliver a lease of real estate. The case is before us on a report by a justice of the Superior Court for the consideration and determination of this court of his decree sustaining the defendants’ demurrer to the bill. We summarize the allegations of the bill to the extent necessary for this decision.

On July 17, 1967, the plaintiff and the defendants signed an agreement under seal. The pertinent parts of the agreement are quoted below. In reliance upon the written agreement the plaintiff spent a…