Bronson v. Cahill

OPINION OF THE COURT.

This is a bill for the specific execution of a contract by the vendor. It states that Bronson made an agreement for himself, and as agent for Ward, and by virtue of authority derived from him, to sell to the defendant one hundred and fifty acres of land in Michigan,, which is particularly described, for the consideration of eight hundred dollars. And the-bill avers that the land is still worth that sum. This agreement was made on the 11th day of June, 1840. That Bronson returned to New York, the place of his residence, and also the residence of Ward, and that about the…