Lanes v. Bank of Montclair

Seth H. Lanes, administrator of the estate of Marion E.T. Ginn, filed this bill to compel the defendant to specifically perform a contract which had been entered into between the defendant and the complainant's decedent for the purchase and sale of real estate located in Montclair, New Jersey. The administrator brought this bill by virtue of R.S. 3:23-6.

The defendant moved to strike the bill on the following grounds:

1. The said bill of complaint fails to set forth an equitable cause of action in that(a) The bill of complaint prays that the defendant be decreed to execute and deliver to the…