Davis v. Crane

The plaintiff owned a portion of No Man’s Land, an island lying five or six miles from Martha’s Vineyard, in the town of Chilmark. .The defendant, desiring to obtain title to the whole island, agreed in writing for the sale to him of the plaintiff’s interest. The agreement provided for the payment of $10,000 to the plaintiff for the conveyance of this interest, and it contained a provision that the plaintiff was “to help the party of the second part in whatever way he can to purchase and acquire the remaining interests at a fair valuation, and in other ways which he deems proper so to do.” It…