WHITE v. WHITE

No. 251-77.

388 A.2d 386 (1978)

Murl WHITE and Doris White v. Myrtis WHITE and Carol Wry.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Eggleston of Samuelson, Portnow, Lang & Miller, Ltd., Burlington, and Arthur A. Heald, St. Albans, for plaintiffs.

Pierson, Affolter & Wadhams, Burlington, for defendants.

Before BARNEY, C. J., DALEY, LARROW and HILL, JJ., and SHANGRAW, C. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


HILL, Justice.

Defendant-appellants complain of a trial court order directing them to specifically perform under a 1962 contract for the sale of real estate to plaintiff-appellees. Because we find that the statute of limitations, 12 V.S.A. § 511, bars appellees from enforcing their rights under the contract, we reverse.

In 1962, appellee Murl White and his three sisters, of whom two are appellants and the third not a party to this action, were heirs of...

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