De Sollar v. Hanscome
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. On June 6, 1889, the appellant, as plaintiff, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. On June 6, 1889, the appellant, as plaintiff, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate. The defendant appeared arid answered, ahd also filed a cross-bill, the purpose of which was to secure a decree cancelling an agreement for the sale of the real estate in controversy, made by an agent of the defendant,, and placed on record by the plaintiff. Pleadings having been perfected, proofs were taken, and,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
It is unnecessary to review the testimony as to the personal negotiations between the parties after the defendant’s arrival in Denver, or to attempt to decide which of them most accurately recollects the transactions. It' is enough to say that there is a serious contradiction between them, and perhaps it Avould be difficult to determine the real facts. The plaintiff insists, and that is the burden of his contention, that the judgment in the law action is conclusive as to the fact of defendant’s assent to the contract as executed by his agent, while the defendant claims that it settles only…
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