Kerney v. Johnson

The following opinion was prepared by former Mr. Justice Minturn, in compliance with the assignment to him. It clearly expresses the yiew of the court upon the matters involved in the litigation, and is adopted by the court as its own opinion in the cause.

Minturn, J.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the court of chancery in which a bill was filed for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of certain real estate situated in Ocean City, in the county of Cape May. The vendor was Thomas L. Kerney, the complainant, and the vendee was Richard H. Johnson, the defendant. Kerney…