Blake v. Shrieve

The question presented by this writ of error,.is whether the Circuit Court erred in dismissing a bill filed by the plaintiffs in error, for a specific execution, or a rescission, or for damages, for an alleged non-performance of a contract of sale to them and one Anderson, by the defendants, Levin L. and Thomas T. Shrieve, of an ironmating establishment and a tract of land of upwards of three thousand acres appurtenant thereto.

By the executory agreement in writing, made in March, 1830, L. L. and T. T. Shrieve, who then owned and had in successful operation the said iron works and their…