Holmes v. Stout
New Jersey Court of Chancery
The case sufficiently appears from the opinions delivered. The cause was argued in the Court of Chancery, by Peter Vredenburgh and J. F. Randolph, of counsel with complainants, and Daniel B. Rgall and Garret D. Wall, of counsel with defendants. Halves, C. At the term of January, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, a decree was made dismissing the complainants’ hill with costs. From this decree an appeal was taken.
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The case sufficiently appears from the opinions delivered. The cause was argued in the Court of Chancery, by Peter Vredenburgh and J. F. Randolph, of counsel with complainants, and Daniel B. Rgall and Garret D. Wall, of counsel with defendants. Halves, C. At the term of January, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-five, a decree was made dismissing the complainants’ hill with costs. From this decree an appeal was taken. The Chancellor furnished the court with the following opinion, as containing the reasons for his decree.
1Opinion of the Court
Haines, C.
On the twenty-third of August, eighteen hundred and seventeen, Andrew Bell conveyed to John Holmes, jun., a tract of land, of sixty-four acres and four hundredths, in the county of Monmouth, for one hundred and nineteen dollars, and took his note for the money.
On the tenth of December, eighteen hundred and seventeen, John Holmes, jun., conveyed to John Holmes, sen., twenty-two acres, parcel of the lot of sixty-four acres and four hundredths, for fifty dollars.
On the twenty-seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, John Holmes, jun., represented to Mr. Bell that he…
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