Moulton v. Chafee

This is a bill for specific performance. The complainant is the purchaser, at auction sale, of a certain estate in South Kingstown, Ehode Island, known as “Canonchet,” from the defendant-Chafee, as trustee. The difficulty with the bill in its present form is-that it is brought against other defendants, who are strangers to the contract, on the theory that, in determining the question of title, it is proper,'in an action of this character, to join all parties who claim any interest in the estate, and thus bind them by the decree. This position, however, is not maintainable. This action is…