Phillips v. . Hooker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Bill for specific performance, filed to Spring Term, 1867, of the Court of Equity for Lenoir, and then set for hearing upon, bill and answer, and transferred to this court. The plaintiff by his bill sought to enforce the specific execution of a contract for the purchase of a house and lot from the defendant. The contract was alleged to have been made with an agent of the defendant, in the following terms expressed in writing: “ State of North Carolina, Lenoir County.
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Bill for specific performance, filed to Spring Term, 1867, of the Court of Equity for Lenoir, and then set for hearing upon, bill and answer, and transferred to this court. The plaintiff by his bill sought to enforce the specific execution of a contract for the purchase of a house and lot from the defendant. The contract was alleged to have been made with an agent of the defendant, in the following terms expressed in writing: “ State of North Carolina, Lenoir County. This agreement, entered into between me, Amos Harvey of the first part, and John R. Phillips of the second part, all of the…
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(194) The plaintiff by his bill sought to enforce the specific execution of a contract for the purchase of a house and lot from the defendant. The contract was alleged to have been made with an agent of the defendant, in the following terms expressed in writing: "State of North Carolina, Lenoir County. This agreement, entered into between me, Amos Harvey, of the first part, and John R. Phillips, of the second part, all of the county of Lenoir, witnesseth, for and in the consideration of the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to me in hand paid, I, the said Harvey, do agree for Mrs. Hooker to…
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