Jacobson v. Hendricks
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the cancellation of certain deeds of real estate, for the specific performance of an agreement for the sale of the land, and for damages, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Curtis, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint by two of the defendants; demurrer sustained, judgment rendered in favor of those defendants, and an appeal by the plaintiffs.
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Suit for the cancellation of certain deeds of real estate, for the specific performance of an agreement for the sale of the land, and for damages, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Curtis, J., upon a demurrer to the complaint by two of the defendants; demurrer sustained, judgment rendered in favor of those defendants, and an appeal by the plaintiffs. The defendants are W. J. Hendricks, Jr., individually and as executor and trustee of the estate of his late wife, Lina M. Phipps as trustee, Arlena M. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Kelsay (the former as the husband of…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiffs are seeking to enforce a contract for the sale and conveyance of real estate. Pursuant to an order of court, they have spread upon the record, as a part of their complaint, all the writings upon which they claim to rely in establishing the existence of a memorandum in writing, evidencing the contract sought to be enforced, such as will satisfy the requirements of the statute of frauds. For the purposes of the demurrer, which has been filed by two of the defendants, the demurrants are entitled to the assumption that there are no other writings which would help to establish the…
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