Agens v. Koch

Emery, V. C.

This is a bill by the vendors for the specific performance by the purchaser of a written contract for the sale and purchase of land on Broad street, in the city of Yewark, and to enjoin a. suit at law brought by the purchaser for the recovery of the deposit money paid on the execution of the contract. The defendant resists the specific performance of the contract on two grounds — first, that 'the complainants have not, as required by the contract, “a perfect record title” to the premises, and second, because the time of conveyance was of the essence of the contract, and the…