Marshall v. Letvin

BOND, X —

The defendant resists specific performance of his contract of purchase upon the ground that the plaintiff cannot give a good, marketable title. And the defects averred are three. First, it is objected that a survey of the lot described in the deed under which plaintiff acquired title shows that the house built on it extends on one side a few inches over on the neighboring lot, and that the house adjoining on the other side overlaps this lot. If the survey of the plaintiff is correct there would seem to be a slight error in the laying out of all the lots in the block, measuring from…