Legal Opinion

Schenck v. Spring Lake Beach Improvement Co.

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided May 15, 1890PublishedCited by 6 opinions

On motion to dismiss bill.

1Opinion of the Court

Van Fleet, V. C.

This suit is brought to compel the specific performance of' at contract to convey land. It is brought by the vendee against the-Spring Lake Beach Improvement Company as vendor. A motion, has been made to dismiss the complainant’s bill, on notice under-paragraph 224 of the rules. The ground* of the motion is, that the bill shows that the contract, which the complainant seeks to-have enforced, was not made by the defendant corporation, andl is not its contract but the contract of another person.

The contract is set out in full in the bill'. It is under seal.. Its provisions, so…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Ford v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
  2. Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co. v. GoddardSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
  3. Fenly v. StewartThe Superior Court of New York City · 1851

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kamens v. AndersonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
  2. Sutton v. LienauNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1988
  3. Halpern v. ShurkinNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1925
  4. Herzog v. TidabackNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961
  5. Andreula v. Slovak Gymnastic, C., No. 223New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1946

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