Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1889

Morgan v. Price

Morgan v. Price
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided June 15, 1889 · Magie
45 N.J. Eq. 788

Morgan v. Price

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

This decree affirmed, for the reasons given by the vice-chancellor.

Dissenting Opinion

Magie, J.

(dissenting).

After a careful examination of the evidence, I am convinced that Price ought not to be aided by a court of equity in enforcing Morgan’s parol agreement to open the street in question, because *796Price, by the same agreement, bound himself to open other streets .across his property, and has disabled himself from the performance of his part of the agreement by laying out his property in a different mode.

I shall vote to reverse.

For affirmance — The Chief-Justice, Depue, Dixon, Garrison, Reed, Scudder, Van Syckel, Brown, Clement, Cole, McGregor, Smith, Whitaker — 13.

For reversal — Magie—1.

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