Forte v. Caruso

This is a bill in equity seeking specific performance of an option for the reconveyance of real estate contained in a purchase and sale agreement, signed by the buyer but not by his wife and not recorded. The facts have been found by a master in a report filed March 26, 1956. The case turns primarily on the construction of the language of the option hmiting the time for its exercise.

The important relevant provisions of the agreement are these: “It is agreed that the Seller has an option to repurchase said premises for the same price, plus the cost of any improvements made by the Buyer,…