Gaskewicz v. Spear

Seitz, Chancellor:

This is the decision on defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. I shall narrate the allegations of the amended complaint which are here taken to be true.

Plaintiffs allege that on September 24, 1955, they entered into a written contract with the defendants, Edwin O. Spear and Ethelda K. Spear, his wife, by which plaintiffs agreed to purchase certain real estate belonging to defendants. The other defendants are C. Davis and Marjorie M. Belcher, to whom defendants subsequently sold and conveyed the property. Reference to “defendants” will embrace…