Hudson v. King
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM LINCOLN. Chancery Court at Fayetteville, John P. Steele, Ch., presiding. cited, on sales of land at auction and statute of frauds: 1 Sugd. on Vend., p. 136, top; Hil. on Sales. On contract admitted and statute not pleaded: Ellis v. Ellis, 1 Dev. Eq., 341, 398; Allen v. Griffin, 2 Dev. & Bat. Eq., 9; Dunn v. Moore, 3 Ired Eq., 364; 4 lb., 125; 1 White & Tudor Lead. Ca., 521, 522; 2 Sto.
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FROM LINCOLN. Chancery Court at Fayetteville, John P. Steele, Ch., presiding. cited, on sales of land at auction and statute of frauds: 1 Sugd. on Vend., p. 136, top; Hil. on Sales. On contract admitted and statute not pleaded: Ellis v. Ellis, 1 Dev. Eq., 341, 398; Allen v. Griffin, 2 Dev. & Bat. Eq., 9; Dunn v. Moore, 3 Ired Eq., 364; 4 lb., 125; 1 White & Tudor Lead. Ca., 521, 522; 2 Sto. Eq., § 755, et seq.; 1 Sugd. on Vend., 137, 138, 139; Sneed v. Bradley, 4 Sneed, 301. Part performance: 1 White & Tudor Lead. Ca., 521, and cases cited. Contra.: M. & Y., 333; Coupled with admission in…
1Opinion of the CourtSneed, J.
The complainant, as executor of the last will and testament of Ephraim King, deceased, brings his bill for the specific performance of a contract by the purchasers of the land and slaves of his testator, alleged to have been sold by him, under the directions of the will, on the 18th of February, 1862, and for an account of advancements, and the settlement of said estate. The defendants are the heirs and devisees of the testator, a part of whom were the purchasers of said land and slaves.
It is alleged in the bill, that the will, after disposing of some specific legacies, gave the entiré…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Parkhurst v. Van CortlandCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1816
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