Wilson v. Root
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for specific performance of an agreement to sell and convey real estate, or, in lieu thereof, for damages, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Gager, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs for $500, the amount which they had paid to the defendant Edward T. Root, and appeal by them.
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Action for specific performance of an agreement to sell and convey real estate, or, in lieu thereof, for damages, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Gager, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs for $500, the amount which they had paid to the defendant Edward T. Root, and appeal by them. The defendant Root is the administrator of the estate of A. S. Blake, late of Waterbury, deceased, which is in process of settlement in the Waterbury Court of Probate. The defendants Ellen Hitchcock and Caroline B. Root are the sole heirs at law of said Blake.…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiffs seek the specific performance of a contract to convey certain land belonging to the estate of A. S. Blake, late of Waterbury, deceased, which estate is now in the process of settlement in the Oourt of Probate ; or, failing in that, damages for the breach of said contract. This redress is sought against one Root, who is the administrator of said estate but sued in his individual capacity, and two other persons, who are the only héirs at law of said deceased. The contract which is made the foundation of the action is one signed by said Root as administrator, and by him alone. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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