Thompson v. Tilton

The Chancellor.,

The complainant, by his bill, seeks relief with respect to a contract, and the deed given by him in pursuance thereof, made in December, 1875, between him and the defendant for an exchange of properties. The complainant’s property was a farm of about forty-two acres, in Monmouth county, which was then in the hands of a tenant (an under-tenant), under a lease made by him. Part of it (about thirteen or fourteen acres), had been sown by the under-tenant with wheat, and another part, of about the same size, with rye. By the written agreement between the parties, the complainant…