Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. O'CONNELL
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 30, 1978No. 76-371-AppealPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
This is an appeal from the denial by a Superior Court justice, after a hearing, of the plaintiffs’ complaint seeking specific performance of a contract to sell real estate. The trial justice based his denial on his findings that the plaintiffs were guilty of laches by not acting with reasonable diligence to secure their rights and dismissed their complaint.
In an undated, sealed agreement the Fitzgeralds agreed to purchase, and Gertrude S. O'Connell to sell, a parcel of unimproved real estate on Binney Street in Newport, Rhode Island. The parcel abuts other real estate owned by the…
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