Cromwell v. American Bible Society

Laughlin, J.:

The point presented for decision by the submission is whether the plaintiffs are entitled to the specific performance of a contract in writing made by the parties on the 1st day of May, 1922, for the conveyance by the plaintiffs and the purchase by the defendant of premises in the borough of Manhattan, county of New York, situated at the northeasterly corner of Thirty-seventh street and Madison avenue, having a frontage of 49 feet on the avenue and extending in depth therefrom at right angles 100 feet, upon which there had been erected and then was a dwelling house. The contract…