Reynolds v. O'Neil

The Chancellor.

This is a suit for specific performance, to compel the defendant to convey to the complainant a lot in Jersey City, which the latter purchased of John M. Gibson, as agent of the former. The authority of Gibson to sell the property is denied by the defendant, and it is also insisted, on his behalf, that conceding that Gibson had authority to sell, the contract entered into by him, with the complainant, is' not such a one as this court will compel the defendant to perform. The objections made to it are that it lacks both mutuality and certainty. The contract in question was in…