Maas v. Leblanc

The complainant, as vendor, seeks the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land to the defendants, as vendees. The sole defense to this action is the alleged unmarketability of the title to said land. The alleged defect is that a deed from a substituted trustee under a foreign will to complainant's predecessor in title was executed, delivered and recorded prior to the filing and recording of an exemplified copy of said will in the office of the surrogate of the county wherein the land lies. The claim of the defendants is that this is an absolute nullity because the recording of…