Seymour v. Delancey
New York Court of Chancery
BILL, filed March 14th, 1821, for a specific performanee or an agreement for the exchange of certain lots m the village of Newburgh, for two farms, one in the town of Montgomery, and the other in the town of Wallhill, made the 14th of January, 1820, between the plaintiff and Thomas Ellison, now deceased. The defendant!)., was the son-in-law of T. E., and the other defendants were his infant children.
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BILL, filed March 14th, 1821, for a specific performanee or an agreement for the exchange of certain lots m the village of Newburgh, for two farms, one in the town of Montgomery, and the other in the town of Wallhill, made the 14th of January, 1820, between the plaintiff and Thomas Ellison, now deceased. The defendant!)., was the son-in-law of T. E., and the other defendants were his infant children. The cause was brought to a hearing on the pleadings and proofs, the 8th of June, 1822.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The question in this case is, whether it be fit and proper, under all the circumstances, to decree a specific performance of the contract of sale.
The main objection to the exercise of this, power of the Court, in the present case, is the great inadequacy of price which the plaintiff was to allow for the two farms, of which he seeks title. ...
By the articles of agreement, Thomas Ellison, the ancestor of the defendants, was to convey, by the first of June, 1820, two farms, lying in the towns of Montgomery an<j Wallkill, in Orange county, and containing, in the whole, 763 acres of…
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