Brown v. Smith
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina
In Equity. Suit for specific performance' of contract.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for specific performance of a contract for-the sale of land. The action was orig*27inally brought in the court of common pleas of South Carolina, sitting in the county of Aiken, and it has been regularly removed into this court. The plaintiff, Pinckney Brown, was in possession of a plantation known as “Belfast,” situate in the county of Barn-well, S. C., claiming to own the fee therein. The defendant, Edward L. Smith, is a citizen of the state of New York, temporarily residing in Aiken, S. C. Mr. Smith is known to he a man fond of field sports, hunting…
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