Taylor v. Longworth
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio. The appellee, Nicholas Longworth, brought a suit, by-a bill in the Circuit Court of Ohio, for a specific performance of a contract itiade with James Taylor, for the sale, by Taylor to him, of a lot of ground in the city of Cincinnati. Afterwards, Thomas D. Carneai was made a party to the proceedings.
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ON appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio. The appellee, Nicholas Longworth, brought a suit, by-a bill in the Circuit Court of Ohio, for a specific performance of a contract itiade with James Taylor, for the sale, by Taylor to him, of a lot of ground in the city of Cincinnati. Afterwards, Thomas D. Carneai was made a party to the proceedings. The Circuit Court made a decree in favour of the complainants;'. and the defendant, James Taylor, prosecuted this appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
delivered the opinion of the Court.,
This is an appeal, from a decree of the Circuit Court of Ohio, in a suit in'equity, brought by Longworth, the appellee, against Taylor, the appellant, for a specific performance of a contract for the purchase of land.
The facts; so far as they are important, to be considered upon the present appeal, are as follow: On the 5th of April, 1814,by a sealed contract between the parties, Longworth purchased of Taylor-part of a: lot in Cincinnati, No. 81, for the price of- one hundred 'and twenty-five dollars per foot in front, whatever measurement it should hold…
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