Hale v. Bryant

This case has been subjected to a most thorough and elaborate discussion by the respective counsel, yet the view taken by the court may be shortly stated. The bill is to compel a specific performance of a contract of the date of October 23, 1878, between William B. Hale, complainant, and defendant Henry B. Bryant. It may be well, first, to learn what the contract is; and second, to ascertain, as near as may be, its meaning. It is set forth in the contract, by way of recitals, that Henry B. Bryant had, on the 17th day of June, 1878, made an assignment of all his property and effects to Farlin…