Hazelton v. Sheckells
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. The facts are stated in the -opinion. ' The appellant is entitled to a decree of specific performance in equity. It is not enough.that there is a, remedy at law; it must be. plain and adequate, or in other words, as' practical and as efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. The facts are stated in the -opinion. ' The appellant is entitled to a decree of specific performance in equity. It is not enough.that there is a, remedy at law; it must be. plain and adequate, or in other words, as' practical and as efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity. Tyler v. Savage, 143 U. S. 79, 95; Lewis v. Cocks, 23 Wall. 466, 470; Buzará v. Houston, 119 U. S. 347, 352; Insurance Co. v. Bailey, 13'Wall. 616, 621; Drexel v. Bemey, 142 U. S. 241, 252; Cathcart v. Robinson, 5…
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the. court.. This is a bill for the specific performance of a contract dated December 11, 1902, to sell for nine thousand dollars, at any time during the then present session of Congress, “and such additional time as may be necessary for settlement under ap-. propriation by that ■Congress,” part of a lot in- a square which Congress now has voted to acquire for the erection of a hall of records. The bill was brought against one Miller. Recently Miller’s death was suggested and his heirs and devisees were substituted, but for convenience Miller will…
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