Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/4/1961

Tucker v. Connors

Citations

173 N.E.2d 619
342 Mass. 376
1961 Mass. LEXIS 748

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owner of real estate “put it out of his power to convey to [third party] if the option should be exercised”
“holder of an enforceable option is entitled to injunctive protection against conveyance to a bona fide purchaser, which may render performance impossible”) (citing Corbin, Contracts, §§ 43, 272, 418) (other citation omitted
where anticipatory repudiation has occurred, “the vendor will not be bound ... to any performance in advance of, or other than, that to which he has agreed, or to any payment of damages in advance of a material breach of contract” [citation omitted]
optionee excused from taking action to be ready to make an immediate tender where the defendant had conveyed the property, since by the time of conveyance, the defendant “in effect had repudiated any obligation to [the optionee] and would not convey to him unless a court compelled him to do so”

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Judges: Wilkins, Whittemore, Cutter, Kirk, Spiegel

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