Administrators of Hough v. Hunt
Ohio Supreme Court
This case was reserved for decision here, by the Supreme Court of Eoss county. It was a bill in chancery, asking relief against a • contract for the purchase of a tract of land, by Hough from Hunt, upon the ground pf advantage being taken of the necessities of the complainants’ intestate, and unfair practices in respect to the contract.
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This case was reserved for decision here, by the Supreme Court of Eoss county. It was a bill in chancery, asking relief against a • contract for the purchase of a tract of land, by Hough from Hunt, upon the ground pf advantage being taken of the necessities of the complainants’ intestate, and unfair practices in respect to the contract. The facts of the case were as follows: In September, 1818, Hough, the intestate, being pressed for •money to pay a debt due from him to the Branch Bank of the United States at Lexington, applied to the defendant for a loan of money to make that payment, about…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court :
From the evidence in this case, it is manifest that at the timo *465of the contract for the sale of the land in question, the vendor knew that the purchaser was in some degree embarrassed. It is also fully proved that the land was not worth half the price that Hough agreed to pay for it. The circumstances of the case are altogether extraordinary. Hough is hard pressed for the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. He applies to Hunt for a loan of that sum. He obtains it, and an engagement that the lender will loan him seven thousand five hundred dollars more upon good security.…
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