Wilderman v. Watters

This is an action in equity, brought by the plaintiffs to require the defendant to specifically perform a contract for the sale of certain real property by executing and delivering to the plaintiffs a warranty deed to the same.

It appears from the record that the plaintiffs had been tenants of the defendant, paying a monthly rental of $22.50, for a period from June 5, 1942, until about October 2, 1944, when the plaintiffs entered into a written contract for the purchase of the property. The provisions of the contract, insofar as the same need be considered here, are as follows: The defendant,…