Ritter v. Jersey City Dist. Missionary Soc.

This matter is now before the court on defendants' application to strike the bill of complaint. The ground urged therefor is that the bill does not disclose upon its face an equitable cause of action. The bill alleges that the defendant Reis Reis entered into a contract with the defendant Jersey City District Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the sale to said society of lands described in the bill, and that such lands are subject to certain restrictive covenants mentioned in the bill. Paragraph 4 of the bill alleges that either the defendant Reis Reis or the defendant…