Connaway v. Wright's

The Chancellor.

The bill is in the nature of a bill for the specific performance of a contract.

“ Specific performance,” as applied to contracts, may be defined: “ The actual accomplishment of a contract by the party bound to fulfill it. It is the performance of a contract in the precise terms agreed upon,—strict performance. The phrase may mean, however, in the given case (as where the exact fulfillment of an agreement according to its letter by the party is not practicable), not literal, but substantial performance, or such a performance' as will do justice between the parties under the…