Hall v. Purnell
High Court of Chancery of Maryland
[The chief object of the bills in these cases was to obtain a specific execution of an agreement, entered into on the 13th of December, 1837, between William Crawford, Jr. and the defendant, Purnell, the terms of which are fully set forth in the Chancellor’s opinion.
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[The chief object of the bills in these cases was to obtain a specific execution of an agreement, entered into on the 13th of December, 1837, between William Crawford, Jr. and the defendant, Purnell, the terms of which are fully set forth in the Chancellor’s opinion. On the 6th of April, 1841, Crawford conveyed the property, mentioned in the agreement, subject thereto, to the complainant, Hall, who afterwards, on the 3d of September, 1846, filed his bill to enforce the execution of this agreement on the part of Purnell, alleging that a balance of $3,500 of the purchase money was still due for…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
These cases have been argued together, and are now to be treated, according to an agreement of the parties filed on the 27tb inst.' as bills by the respective complainants, for the specific execution of the contract of the 13th of December, 1837, between William Crawford, Jr. and the defendant in the case first above mentioned.
Washington Hall, the complainant in that case, having purchased the property mentioned in the agreement, from Crawford, and subject thereto, is, according to the concession of the parties and by the terms of the deed from Crawford to him, bound by all the…
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