 ... growing timber trees. Upon a demurrer to the bill, it was dismissed by the court. There was, and could be, no objection urged against the relief sought, growing out of any indefiniteness as to the terms of the contract, or as to its subject-matter.  Illustrative Cases on the Law of Sales - Page 56by Roger William Cooley - 1913 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 678 pages
...3e. Hisey, for appellee. DOWNEY, CJ — This was an action by the appellant against the appellee, to compel the specific performance of a contract in writing for the sale and conveyance in fee simple of certain real estate. The defendant answered that he had only an estate... | |
 | Delaware. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1883 - 644 pages
...re-argument permitted after the opinion of the Court was read, but before decree entered. BILL FOR THE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF A CONTRACT IN WRITING FOR THE SALE OF LAND. — The memorandum was drawn and signed by the defendant, on the 3Oth of July, 1867, and is in... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 1230 pages
...case by plaintiff did not, in our opinion, operate as a bar to the present action. The former action was a suit in equity to compel the specific performance of a contract, for a lease, and to restrain the defendant therein from maintaining certain civil suits based... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 702 pages
...Thompson and F. Swales, for appellant. NS Givan, GM Roberts and DH Stapp, for appellees. BERKSHIRE, J. — This was a suit in equity to compel the specific performance of a contract resting in parol for the conveyance of real estate. The appellees were the plaintiffs in the... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1042 pages
...appellant. WW and BT Crump, for the appellee. LACY, J. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant for the specific performance of a contract in writing for the sale of the land of the plaintiff, situated in Henrico County, near the city of Richmond, made with WE Terrell... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1032 pages
...established, and has been often exercised under statutes like ours. Dean v. Anderson, 34 NJ Eq. 496, was a suit in equity to compel the specific performance of a parol agreement to mortgage real estate, and in its opinion the court says: " Where an agreement has... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 940 pages
...South, JC Gent and WW Bird, for the appellee. RIELY, J., delivered the op inion of the court. This is a suit in equity to compel the specific performance...indefiniteness as to the terms of the contract, or as to its subject matter. The defence of the appellee was that the subject of the contract was personal property,... | |
 | Law - 1901 - 278 pages
...plaintiff had such adequate remedy at law. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE —CONTRACT FOR SALE OF STOCK. — This was a suit in equity to compel the specific performance of a contract to sell stock in a railroad corporation. Held: That a court of equity may decree the specific... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 638 pages
...v. Dick. The plaintiffs' action was brought in the court of common pleas of this county to enforce the specific performance of a contract in writing for the sale of real estate, wherein the plaintiffs, Ida C. Zackman and JB Zackman, entered into a written contract... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 870 pages
...to admit of specific enforcement. The case of Lawrence v. Saratoga Lake R. Co. (1885), 36 Hun 467, was a suit in equity to compel the specific performance of a contract which provided, among other things, that a railroad company should construct and maintain... | |
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