Donahoe v. Franks

THOMPSON, District Judge.

A bill was filed by the plaintiffs for specific performance by the defendant of a contract for the purchase of certain lands at Trenton, N. J. The suit was based upon an agreement in writing as follows:

“Articles of agreement, made and entered into the first day of Juno, A. D„ nineteen hundred and ten, between John Donahoe (and Mary Donahoe, his wife) and Thomas Nolan, (and Raura Nolan, his wife) of the city of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and state of New Jersey, parties of the first part and Byron Franks, of the same place, party of the second part, witnesseth:

“Th…