Simonds v. Essex Passenger Railway Co.

The Chancellor.

The bill alleges that on the 17th of April, 1884, the East Newark Land Company agreed in writing with Sylvester S. Battin to sell to him eight lots of land in East Newark for $3,400, $400 of which was to be paid upon the delivery of the contract and $3,000 upon the delivery of the deed. The deed was to convey the property in fee, free from all encumbrances, and was to be delivered upon thirty days’ notice to Battin and on or before the 17th day of April, 1885. Battin was to pay all taxes and assessments levied upon the land after the date of the contract. He contracted in…