CHRISTOPHERSEN v. BLOUNT

(14003)

216 Conn. 509 (1990)

ERLING CHARLES CHRISTOPHERSEN v. CHARLES BLOUNT, JR., ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released November 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Robert Jelley, with whom were Susan J. Bryson and Danielle M. Pemberton, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Hans C. F. Wriedt, for the appellees (defendants).

PETERS, C. J., CALLAHAN, GLASS, COVELLO and HULL, Js.


COVELLO, J.

This is an action for the specific performance of a real estate contract. The principal issue is whether the trial court properly concluded that the plaintiff buyer's nineteen month delay in carrying out a condition precedent to the defendant sellers' obligation to perform bars his claim against them for specific performance. We agree with the trial court's conclusion that an unreasonable time had passed, that the defendant sellers' duty to perform had...

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