Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. Hanley
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) To the petition as amended, the defendant demurred on the ground that the petition and the amendments thereto did not set forth any cause of action against the defendant.
“Specific performance is not a remedy which either party can demand as a matter of absolute right, and will not in any given case be granted unless strictly equitable and just. Mere inadequacy of price may justify a court in refusing to decree a specific performance of a contract of bargain and sale; so also may any other fact showing the contract to be unfair,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Shropshire v. RaineySupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
- Savannah Bank & Trust Co. v. WolffSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Salmon v. McCrarySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Lee v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- Lansdell v. LansdellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re Estate of ShirkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1960
- Hanley v. Savannah Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Gorden v. CutlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Miesen v. FrankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Hendrix v. HunterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1959
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