[Download] "Towne Et Al. v. Larson" by York Supreme Court of Maine # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Towne Et Al. v. Larson
- Author : York Supreme Court of Maine
- Release Date : January 24, 1947
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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This is an action for breach of contract brought by the vendors of certain real estate and personal property against the vendee. The case was tried before a jury which found for the plaintiffs and assessed damages at $4,000. It is now before this court on exceptions, four in number, and on a motion for a new trial. We shall consider first the fourth exception as this raises the issue which the exceptant treats as the important one. The plaintiffs, husband and wife, had operated for about fifteen years a summer resort at Kennebunkport. The property included about an acre of land, a store with kitchen equipment, a restaurant, garages, and a cottage with about sixteen rooms. Title to the real estate and at least to some of the equipment was in the name of the wife. The balance of the contents belonged to the husband or to the husband and wife jointly. The defendant, a widow, a resident of Massachusetts, who was the librarian of the Middlesex County Law Library, had spent a number of summers at Kennebunkport and was well acquainted with the property and with its owners. Hearing that they wished to sell, she opened negotiations with them for its purchase. The result of the discussions was a written document drawn up by the defendant of the following tenor, omitting certain irrelevant interlineations: