Legal Opinion
Vines v. Orchard Hills, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 15, 1980PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
This ease concerns the right of purchasers of real property, after their own default, to recover moneys paid at the time of execution of a valid contract of sale. The plaintiffs, Euel D. Vines and his wife Etta Vines, contracted, on July 11, 1973, to buy Unit No. 10, Orchard Hills Condominium, New Canaan, from the defendant Orchard Hills, Inc. for $78,800. On or before that date, they had paid the defendant $7880 as a down payment toward the purchase. Alleging that the sale of the property was never consummated, the plaintiffs sought to recover their down payment. The trial court, I. Levine,…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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