Legal Opinion
Mahood v. Bessemer Properties Incorporated
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 14, 1944PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, J.:
John A. Mahood, on August 16, 1943, by a written instrument agreed to purchase a piece of real estate owned by Bessemer Properties Incorporated situated in Dade County, Florida. The contract provided for the payment of the purchase price of the described property upon the delivery of a deed conveying a merchantable title. Bessemer Properties Incorporated tendered a deed to Mahood, which it contended conveyed a marketable title, but the conveyance was refused by Mahood because of an alleged cloud on the title then, of record in Dade County in the form of an agreement to sell the…
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