Lanes v. Bank of Montclair

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The plaintiff, administrator of the estate of Marion E.T. Ginn, deceased, filed a complaint seeking specific performance under the provisions of R.S. 3:23-6 of a contract for the purchase of realty entered into between the decedent as vendee and the defendant Bank of Montclair as executor of the last will and testament of Mary J. Higgins as vendor. The decedent's wife, Gertrude Ginn, was admitted as a defendant pursuant to an order advised by Vice-Chancellor…