Clark v. Route’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “purchaser who seeks specific performance has two primary obligations. First, he must seek relief with due diligence and show that under all the circumstances he was "ready, desirous, prompt, and eager” .... Second, if he delays settlement while attempting to have the seller remedy a claimed defect in the title of the property, he must, when it becomes clear the seller will not meet his demands, either accept the title as it is and promptly tender settlement, or cancel the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 3511 13TH STREET, LLC v. Lewis

2. “could [refuse] to consummate settlement and [bring] an action at law against the seller for such damages as they may have sustained. Alternatively, the purchasers could [elect] to complete the settlement, and under the survival provisions of the contract, [sue] to recover from the seller such damages as they may have sustained by reason of her failure to correct the outstanding violations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 3511 13TH STREET, LLC v. Lewis

3. “[T]o sustain the right to specific performance of their contract, the purchasers must show that they have performed or have offered to perform all of the obligations required of them by the contract.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whole Foods Mkt. Grp., Inc. v. Wical Ltd. P'ship