Mellen v. Johnson

This is a bill .in equity for specific performance of a contract to convey real estate. From a final decree ordering conveyance upon payment of the purchase price, the defendant appealed. The judge made a report of the material facts found by him. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 214, § 23, as appearing in St. 1945, c. 394, § 1. The evidence is reported.

The defendant is the owner of two parcels of land with the buildings thereon at 74 and 75 Willow Road, Nahant. On March 27, 1947, the defendant’s son-in-law, Edward Hicks, who was her agent to sell the property, wrote the following letter to the…