Hoyt v. Bridgewater Copper Mining Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On the 13th January, 1840, Goold Hoyt filed his bill stating that, on the 15th December, 1836, “The President and Directors of the Bridgewater Copper Mining Company,” being indebted to him in §86,378, for stock in the Bridgewater copper mines, together with certain lands and premises in the township of Bridgewater in the county of Somerset, before then sold, assigned and conveyed to the said “The President and Directors of the Bridgewater Copper Mining Co.,” being the same…
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On the 13th January, 1840, Goold Hoyt filed his bill stating that, on the 15th December, 1836, “The President and Directors of the Bridgewater Copper Mining Company,” being indebted to him in §86,378, for stock in the Bridgewater copper mines, together with certain lands and premises in the township of Bridgewater in the county of Somerset, before then sold, assigned and conveyed to the said “The President and Directors of the Bridgewater Copper Mining Co.,” being the same premises described in the mortgage set forth in the bill, for securing the payment of the said sum, with interest, to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
On the 12th August, 1830, an agreement was made between G. Hoyt, Stephen Hoyt and Neyins and Townsend, of the one part, and Peter I. Stryker, of the other part, to be completed on or before 15th September, then next, by which the parties of the first part agreed to sell to said Stryker ¡all their interest in the stock of “The Bridgewater Copper Miming Company,” for $80,000, and the said Stryker agreed to buy the same, at that price, and to pay $15,000 thereof on or before the said 15th September, the residue, $65,000, to be paid in five years from that date, with interest on…
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