Hill v. Beach

The Chancellor.

On the 1st of December, 1853, Horace Andrews, of the city of New York, entered into a contract for the purchase of a farm, upon which there is a valuable stone quarry, situate at Belleville, in the county of Essex, for which he agreed to pay twenty-seven thousand dollars. On the 13th of the same month, the complainants, Horace Andrews, John Pendleton, Peter W. Bouse, and Charles S. Andrews, entered into the following agreement, under their respective hands and seals.

“ This agreement, made this thirteenth day of December, 1853, by and between Anthony I. Hill, John Pendleton,…