Cobb v. Tracy

Action of contract in which the plaintiffs seek to recover a deposit made under an agreement for the sale of land.

Upon a case stated, it appears that on September 17, 1960, the plaintiffs and the defendants signed a written agreement by the *178terms of which the defendants agreed to sell and the plaintiffs to buy certain real estate with the buildings thereon known as 551 West Water Street in the town of Rockland, Massachusetts; that the plaintiffs paid to the defendants the sum of $200.00 as a deposit under said agreement; that the defendants agreed to convey said property on November 17, i960,…