Legal Opinion
Chas. J. Smith Co. v. Anderson
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided August 23, 1915PublishedCited by 10 opinions
On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Backes, V. C.
The object of this bill is to specifically enforce a contract for an option to purchase land exercisable only and exercised after the death of the optioner. The bill is met by a demurrer.
The complaint sets forth this history: On July 1st, 1899, by an indenture of lease, Eliza Ii. Annin demised to Alvina T. Anderson for and during the natural life of the lessor, at a yearly rental of $400, a coal and lumber yard, consisting of two tracts of land in the borough of Somerville in this state.. The lease stipulates for the removal of tenant’s buildings, the payment of taxes, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rockland-Rockport Lime Co. v. . LearyNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- In Re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of DiezNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Gustin v. Union School-DistrictMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Reed v. HazletonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887
- Heaston v. KriegIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Keogh v. PeckIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
- Bright v. Forest Hill Park Development Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
- Matlack v. ArendNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
- Merritt v. Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1939
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