Coan v. Holbrook

The allegations of this bill in equity may be summarized as follows: The defendants on December 21, 1949, made a written offer to one Kinchla, a real estate broker, authorizing him to sell a parcel of real estate which they owned in Newton. The essential terms of the offer, which were incorporated in the bill, were these: “Providing this offer is accepted on or before January 31st 1950 . . . [we] will sell . . . [our] property located at No. 142 on Homer Street in Newton Center Massachusetts, consisting of 29258 square feet of land with the buildings thereon for $13,500 net to be paid for as…