Richards v. Knight
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill for specific performance. On motion to strike out bill. The bill of complaint is filed to compel the defendant specifically to perform an agreement alleged to have been entered into by him for the purchase from the complainant of a farm situate in Logan township, Gloucester county, to be conveyed by a good title, clear of all encumbrance.
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On bill for specific performance. On motion to strike out bill. The bill of complaint is filed to compel the defendant specifically to perform an agreement alleged to have been entered into by him for the purchase from the complainant of a farm situate in Logan township, Gloucester county, to be conveyed by a good title, clear of all encumbrance. The bill alleges that the complainant tendered to the defendant a general warranty deed, which was efficient to convey a fee-simple estate in the farm in question, and that the defendant refused to accept the conveyance and to perform his contract…
1Opinion of the Court
Grey, V. C.
The defendant’s motion is to strike out the whole bill, under rule 213, and is, in substance, a demurrer to tire equity of the bill, upon the ground that, admitting all its allegations, the complainant exhibits no right to the only relief sought, viz., a decree that the defendant shall accept a conveyance of the farm in question from the complainant and his mother. The defendant contends that the statements in the bill of the derivation of their title show that they have no power to convey a good title— that is, an indefeasible estate in fee-simple.
The single object of this bill is…
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