Legal Opinion

Langan v. Thummel

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided July 15, 1888PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from the district court of Hall county. Heard below before Tiffany, J. cited: Wat. on Specif-Performance, Sec. 629. Richmond v. Gray, 3 Allen, 25. Goldsmith v. Guild, 10 Allen, 239. Carter v. Phillips, 144 Mass., 100. Presidio Min. Co. v. Rullis, 4 S. W. Rep., 860. Ames v. Brooks, 9 East. Rep., 534. cited : Kellogg v. Lavender, 9-Neb., 419. Leaird v. Smith, 44 N. Y., 623.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

This case comes before this court by appeal from the decree of the district court of Hall county.

The plaintiff on July 8, 1886, filed her amended petition in the court below setting up that, on May 8, 1886, she purchased of George H. Thummel, of Grand Island,, through William H. Platt, his partner, attorney, and agent, certain Union Pacific Railroad contracts for the sale of the N. E. quarter section 13, of township 10, range 12 west, for the consideration of $1,200, under the following-memorandum of sale:

“ Office of Thummel and Platt, Lawyers, \ “Grand Island, Neb., May 8, 1886. j
“This is to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulp Railroad v. BrickleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1878
  2. Keene v. WhitakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1840

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Dodge ex rel. Dodge v. GalushaNebraska Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Brown v. UlrichNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Dowd Grain Co., Inc. v. PflugNebraska Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Whiteman v. PerkinsNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Rath v. WilgusNebraska Supreme Court · 1923

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