Mauro v. Davie

On May 9, 1922, John E. Young, Jr., and Ruie J. Young, his wife, deeded a lot which they owned in Detroit to the defendant Leach, and at the same time Leach entered into a contract to sell the lot to them for the sum of $15,750, of which sum $4,000 was acknowledged to be paid. Leach also executed a contract wherein he agreed to build on the lot a two-family flat, costing $11,750. On the day Leach received this deed, he conveyed the lot to the defendant Davie, who assumed the vendor’s obligation under the land contract and also Leach’s obligation under the building contract.

On July 29, 1922,…