Pierce v. Staub
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover money paid by the plaintiff’s intestate upon a contract for the purchase of property, which he had failed to perform, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and tried to the court, Thayer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $67,345, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, C. J.
The plaintiff is the ancillary administrator, in this State, upon the estate of James M. Crosby, who died domiciled in Massachusetts in June, 1900. In May, 1897, the defendant and Crosby entered into a written contract for the sale to Crosby of certain property belonging to tlie defendant. The property consisted of certain shares of the capital stock of the Falls Village Water Company, of the charter and franchises of the New Milford Power Company, each of this State, and of certain rights in real estate and in water rights, fully described in said contract.
That contract provided, in…
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