Selkir v. Klein
New York Supreme Court
Action to impress a vendee’s lien on real estate belonging to defendants for tbe amount of deposit paid on account of the purchase price thereof.
1Opinion of the CourtDowling, J.
This action is brought to impress a vendee’s lien on real estate belonging to defendants for the amount of the deposit paid on account of the purchase price thereof and for the expense incurred in searching title thereto, the vendee having rejected the title as unmarketable. The sole question to be determined is whether defendants had a marketable title to the premises in question, the objection thereto being that the rector, church wardens and vestrymen of St. James’ Church, a religious corporation, never became legally vested with the title and, therefore, could not convey the same to…
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