Ten Eyck v. Manning

Van Fleet, V. C.

This is a suit for specific performance. The material facts may be stated in a few words. On the 12th day of December, 1890, the parties made a written contract, by which the complainant agreed to well and sufficiently convey to the defendant, by deed of warranty, free from all encumbrance except a mortgage debt of $4,000, certain lands in Middlesex county; and the defendant agreed that he would, as the consideration for the complainant’s conveyance, well and sufficiently convey to the complainant, free from all encumbrance except a mortgage debt of $3,500, a farm in Somerset…