Legal Opinion

Fleming's Heirs v. Duncan

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided May 24, 1804PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Upon an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Bourbon county. '

1Opinion of the Court

■ The proof of canceling the contract is not clear and satisfactory, and, therefore, the inferior court did right in decreeing a specific performance. But the terms on which it was decreed are unjust, as the proof of payment of the consideration money is equally as doubtful as the proof respecting the canceling of the contract, and the appellants’ producing the bond for £250 without any credit; the proof of payment devolved on the appellee, who has not satisfactorily proven it; there is error, therefore, in so much of the decree as directs a specific performance upon the payment of only £35,…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Love v. Southern Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Continental Ins. v. GarrettCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1903
  3. State v. WardTennessee Supreme Court · 1871
  4. State v. WardTennessee Supreme Court · 1871
  5. State v. WardTennessee Supreme Court · 1871

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