Townsend v. Ward
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity to compel the conveyance of real estate, and for an injunction. The principal facts, as reported by a committee, were as follows : The petitioner, and John King one of the respondents, on the 10th day of February, 1854, entered into a written agreement, by which the petitioner was to convey to King a certain building and land in Brooklyn, in the state of New York, and King to convey to the petitioner a certain house and land in Old Saybrook, in this state, the…
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Bill in equity to compel the conveyance of real estate, and for an injunction. The principal facts, as reported by a committee, were as follows : The petitioner, and John King one of the respondents, on the 10th day of February, 1854, entered into a written agreement, by which the petitioner was to convey to King a certain building and land in Brooklyn, in the state of New York, and King to convey to the petitioner a certain house and land in Old Saybrook, in this state, the deeds to be delivered on or before the first day of May following— the Brooklyn property to be conveyed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
On the 10th day of February, 1854, John King and the petitioner entered into articles of agreement, whereby King covenanted to convey to the petitioner a farm of land, lying in the town of Old Saybrook. As a condition precedent to the conveyance, the petitioner was to convey to King, by a deed with covenants, certain real estate lying in the city of Brooklyn, which was under a mortgage for $512,000 to the Howard Insurance Company; which incumbrance was to be excepted in the covenants. The deed was to be delivered to King, before the first day of May thereafter, at his office in New York, and,…
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