Hardy v. Hangen

The complainant invokes the auxiliary jurisdiction of this court to obtain a decree obliging the defendants to specifically perform an alleged agreement to convey to him a parcel of real estate situate on Mercer Road and Greenhouse Lane at Princeton. Basically, the cause of action must rest upon the existence of an enforceable contract, otherwise the equitable remedy cannot be operative. The relation of negotiation must be organized into that of obligation by an aggregatio mentium upon the same material and substantive matters. The bargain sought to be enforced must consist, in substance and…