Coleman v. Dunton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Specific performance. Bill in equity praying for specific performance of an oral agreement for the conveyance of a lot of land and buildings in the City of Bath. The case is stated in the opinion. Counsel cited: Eulsifer.v, Waterman, 73 Maine, p. 244; Oreen v. Jones, 76 Maine, 563; Rowell v. Jewett, 69 Maine, 301; Knapp v. Bailey, 79 Maine, 195,' 1 Am. St. Bep. 295. Counsel cited: 20 Am. Eng.
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Specific performance. Bill in equity praying for specific performance of an oral agreement for the conveyance of a lot of land and buildings in the City of Bath. The case is stated in the opinion. Counsel cited: Eulsifer.v, Waterman, 73 Maine, p. 244; Oreen v. Jones, 76 Maine, 563; Rowell v. Jewett, 69 Maine, 301; Knapp v. Bailey, 79 Maine, 195,' 1 Am. St. Bep. 295. Counsel cited: 20 Am. Eng. Enc. of PI. & Prac. 435, 439; 2 Story on Equity, 69; Beach on Contracts, §§ 72, 891, 892, 894; Oates v. Gamble, 53 Mich. 181; Vantassel v. Hathaway, 53 Maine, 18; Snell v. Mitchell, 65 Maine, 48; Rutland…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
The purpose of this bill in equity is to compel the specific performance of an oral agreement for the conveyance of real estate.
It is alleged in the plaintiff’s bill that in September, 1895, James N. Dunton entered into an oral contract with the plaintiff to sell and convey to him a lot of land with the buildings thereon situated on Court Street in Bath, in consideration of $350 payable “in wort of the plaintiff, and such sums of money as he might from time to time be able to pay; that thereupon the plaintiff entered into possession of the premises, erected a small stable or barn and two…
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