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21 R.I. 123

42 A 717

Lee v. Stone

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided December 30, 1898

Supreme Court of Rhode Island · decided 1898-12-30

Bill in Equity to enforce specific performance of an agreement to purchase land.1 Heard on demurrer to the bill incorporated with the answer.

Relies on Hurley v. Brown · Waring v. . Ayres · Williams v. Stewart

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Decided 1898-12-30

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently April 1967

7 state decisions

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Per Curiam.

¶1 (1) Our opinion is that the demurrer must be sustained because the bill does not show the terms upon which' the mortgages were to be given, either as to length of time they were to run or as to whether they were to carry interest, and, if so, at what rate. Williams v. Stewart, 25 Minn. 516; Schmelling v. Kriesel, 45 Wis. 325.

¶2 We think that the identity of the land may be shown by parol. Ives v. Armstrong, 5 R. I. 567; Waring v. Ayres, 40 N. Y. 357; Hurley v. Brown, 98 Mass. 545.

¶3 The bill sets out a refusal of the respondent to carry out the contract as an excuse for not tendering the deed within the thirty days stipulated in the memorandum. We think that such refusal was a sufficient excuse. Bicknell v. Waterman, 5 R. I. 43.

¶4 Whether allegations, to be proved by parol, showing the terms of the mortgage, could be sustained, we do not decide.

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