Stehr v. Sawyer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Ekancis, J.

On November 20, 1959 plaintiff Stehr and defendants Alton L. and Helen Sawyer, husband and wife, executed a contract for the purchase by the former and sale by the latter of three tracts of land in the Township of Byram, Sussex County, New Jersey. The price agreed upon was $18,000. During the ensuing months considerable correspondence took place between the parties about the sufficiency of defendants’ title to the third tract. On March 29, 1960 defendants’ attorney wrote plaintiff’s attorney admitting the title to that tract was unmarketable…