Shaw v. G. B. Beaumont Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Black, J.

The fundamental question in this case is one of equitable jurisdiction. The litigation grows out of an agreement made between the parties to this suit, on the 26th day of February, 1913. The complainant being seized of lands at the corner of Highland avenue and the boulevard, in Jersey City, New Jersey, entered into an agreement on the above date with the defendant, to erect an apartment-house on a part thereof; under the terms of the agreement the complainant conveyed the lands to the defendant and also gave the defendant certain moneys, the…