Rice v. Gibbs
Nebraska Supreme Court
' Appeal from the district court for Buffalo county. Heard below before Hamer, J. cited, contending that mutuality was not required in unilateral contracts': Pomeroy, Spec. Perf., sec. 169, and notes; Moses v. M’Clain, 2 S. Rep. [Ala.], 742, 744; Hall v. Center, 40 Cal., 67; R. Co. v. Flanagan, 3 Am.
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' Appeal from the district court for Buffalo county. Heard below before Hamer, J. cited, contending that mutuality was not required in unilateral contracts': Pomeroy, Spec. Perf., sec. 169, and notes; Moses v. M’Clain, 2 S. Rep. [Ala.], 742, 744; Hall v. Center, 40 Cal., 67; R. Co. v. Flanagan, 3 Am. St. Rep. [Ind.], 675; Crawford v. Payne, 19 la., 172. All contracts, save those for personal or professional services, are assignable: Wagner v. Cheney, 16 Neb., 202; 2 Story, Eq. Jur., sec. 1040; Pierce v. Robinson, 13 Cal., 117; Pomeroy, Spec. Perf., sec. 487. cited cases referred to in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, Ch. J.
This action was brought April 27, 1888, to enforce the specific performance of the following contract:
“Articles of agreement made this eighteenth day of July, 1887,. by and between Miss E. C. Gibbs, of Buffalo county, Nebraska, of the first part, and F.A. Archibald, of Hamilton county, Ohio, of the second part, witnesseth, that the said party of the first party, in consideration of the sum of $5.00 (five) in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hereby covenants and agrees to sell and convey to the party of the second part at any time within five months, oh being…
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- Maughlin v. PerryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872
- Perkins v. HadsellIllinois Supreme Court · 1869
- Blake v. BlakeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
- Corbus v. TeedIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Wagner v. CheneyNebraska Supreme Court · 1884
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