American Builders Corp. v. Galligan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief-Justice.

The bill in this case was filed by the American Builders Corporation to compel the specific performance of a written agreement for the sale of certain lands located in the borough of West Caldwell, the complainant being the vendor and the defendants the vendees. The defendants admitted the making of the agreement and their refusal to accept a conveyance of the lands described therein, but contended that they were under no legal obligation to perform the contract by reason of the fact that the title of the complainant was not a…