Laverty v. Moore

*348By the Court,

Brown, J.

This is an action to enforce the specific performance of a contract for the sale and conveyance of an interest in a lot of land in Williamsburgh, now the city of Brooklyn, and to be let into the possession thereof. The contract under which the plaintiff claims bears date February 9th, 1835, but no question is made upon the statute of limitations; nor do the defendants defend themselves upon the ground of bona fide purchase without notice. The right of the plaintiff to recover depends solely upon his equitable title to the premises claimed. The action was tried before…