11 Utah 2d 220 - Leavitt v. Blohm’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “In considering the soundness of the judgment, we acknowledge our accord with the rule relied upon by the plaintiffs that the vendor in a real estate contract is generally not obliged to have full and clear marketable title at all times during the pendency of his contract of sale because, ordinarily, title need not be conveyed until the final payment is made or tendered; and we further agree that the purchaser cannot use a claimed deficiency in title as an excuse for refusing to keep a commitment to purchase property, as was attempted in the case of Woodard v. Allen. [ 1 Utah 2d 220 , 265 P.2d 398 (1953).] [Emphasis in original.] [Footnotes omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Neves v. Wright