Dunlop v. Baker
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond, in Bankruptcy; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. In the matter of Robert Edward Baker, bankrupt. Petition by J. J. Dunlop against Robert Edward Baker and wife, and D. Hamilton Willcox, Lawrence P. Poole, and C. H. Joyner, trustees. From an order denying his petition for equitable relief, Dunlop appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The ultimate practical question in this appeal is whether the bankrupt, Robert E. Baker, may escape from an option agreement made by him' to sell a tract of land to the petitioner, J. J. Dunlop-, which turned out to be disadvantageous. The option executed by Baker and his wife, Lillie M. Baker, under seal, was in these words:
“For and in consideration of one dollar, to me in band paid, tbe receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and other good and sufficient considerations, X hereby agree to give J. J. Dunlop, or assigns, the exclusive right to purchase the 418 acres of…
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