Gavin v. Johnson

The defendant Minnie V. Johnson owned two adjoining lots of land on Lupine Street in Wallingford, numbered respectively 31 and 32 on a map on file in the town clerk’s office. She sold and conveyed lot 31 to the defendants Mr. and Mrs. Gifford by warranty deed, and at the same time she entered into a written contract to convey to them lot 32, in consideration of a payment on the purchase price then made and other payments to be made in the future. The Giffords went into possession of both lots. They erected a house on lot 32, and, in order to finance it, borrowed substantial amounts on…