Peninno v. Woodbridge

Contract to recover money deposited by the plaintiff in accordance with an agreement to purchase real estate. The plaintiff and the defendant signed an agreement whereby the defendant was to sell, and the plaintiff to buy, a certain parcel of land in the City of Lynn. One of the terms of the agreement was that the defendant was to erect on the land “a standard size garage for one car”. As the parties realized that a municipal *32permit for the garage would he necessary, and that this might cause delays, the contract was made with the understanding that time was not to be of the essence. This…