Case Name: TREMAIN v. LIMING
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1834-07
Citations: 1 Ohio Ch. 644
Docket Number: 
Parties: TREMAIN v. LIMING.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery Ohio
Volume: 1
Pages: 644–644

Head Matter:
TREMAIN v. LIMING.
Specific performance — good deed — construction.
^'contract to make a good and sufficient deed is for a conveyance in fee simple, with cove*»nant of warranty.
A deed without warranty or the union of the grantors wife does not fulfil the contract*
Bill in Chancery for a specific performance of a contract.
Smith, for the' complainant.
Grovenor,-ior the- defendant.

Opinion:
Wood, J.
The contract is for the- defendant's making ia good and sufficient deed for an acre-of land, on receiving $60; and by the-complainant, that in case- he wished to sell out, the defendant should-have the first refusal by paying the $60 for the soil, and at fair value for the improvements. The purchase money was paid, and a deed tendered, and refused,. 1. because the defendant's wife did not unite in the conveyance; 2. because it conveyed only a life estate; 3.-because there was no covenant of warranty. This deed did not conform to the contract and the complainant was not bound to receive it. The contract is to convey the fee simple with covenant of warranty. Such a conveyance is decreed to be made by the defendant-