SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATION OF FAITH v. JOSWICK


180 A.2d 617 (1962)

The SOCIETY FOR the PROPAGATION OF the FAITH OF the DIOCESE OF WILMINGTON, Little Sisters of the Poor, Incorporated, Catholic Welfare Guild, Inc., Seton Villa, Inc., and The Roman Catholic Male Protectory, Incorporated, a Religious Corporation of the State of Delaware, and The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, a Corporation of the State of New York, Plaintiffs, v. Edward JOSWICK and Mary Joswick, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

May 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Fraczkowski, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

Anthony F. Emory, Wilmington, for defendants.


SHORT, Vice Chancellor.

Plaintiffs seek specific performance of a contract for the sale of a parcel of land situate at 1124 West Fourth Street in the City of Wilmington. Defendants have refused to accept a deed of the premises mentioned on the ground that plaintiffs can not convey to them a good and marketable fee simple title thereto.

On December 19, 1958, Anna C. Crotty, a resident of the City of Wilmington, died...

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