Soper v. Conly

The township committee of Lakewood township entered into an agreement with the Lakewood Hotel and Land Association for the purchase of approximately one hundred and sixty-five acres of land, for park purposes. This included Lake Carasaljo and drives, roadways, c., surrounding it. The purchase price was $200,000 with an allowance therefrom not to exceed $10,000 for search fees, surveys, c., necessary to establish the title to the lands contracted to be conveyed.

The bill of complaint prayed a perpetual injunction upon the ground or theory that the lands so proposed to be purchased had already…