Legal Opinion
Coudert v. Sayre
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided February 15, 1890PublishedCited by 15 opinions
On final hearing on bill and answer and proofs taken in open ■court.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Fleet, V. C.
The ease which the complainant lays before the court, as the foundation for the relief he seeks, is one of extreme novelty. Stated generally, it must be said that the complainant is before the court asking to be relieved, as against the defendant, from the ■obligation of a covenant which he made voluntarily, fully understanding what he was doing, entirely uninfluenced by fraud, and without the least mixture of accident or mistake. To present his case so that it may be easily understood, it will be necessary to state the facts out of which it arises somewhat in detail.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Hammett v. RosensohnNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1957
- Polhemus v. De LisleNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1925
- Urban Farms, Inc. v. SeelNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1965
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