Zimmerman v. Rhoads
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1907, No. 14, dismissing bill in equity in case of Daniel B. Zimmerman v. Alex. Rhoads and S. N. Widdup. Bill in equity for specific performance of a contract. Before Gillan, P. J., specially presiding. From the record it appeared that the contract sought to be enforced was exactly as follows: “Agreement made the 8th day of December, 1906, between Alex.
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Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1909, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Somerset Co., Equity Docket, 1907, No. 14, dismissing bill in equity in case of Daniel B. Zimmerman v. Alex. Rhoads and S. N. Widdup. Bill in equity for specific performance of a contract. Before Gillan, P. J., specially presiding. From the record it appeared that the contract sought to be enforced was exactly as follows: “Agreement made the 8th day of December, 1906, between Alex. Rhoads of Somerset Borough, Somerset County, State of Pennsylvania, of the first part, and C. O. Kooser, of the second part: “Witnesseth: That the…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The learned judge of the court below was right in dismissing the plaintiff’s bill. It prayed for the specific performance *177of a contract, the terms of which were entirely too indefinite, incomplete and uncertain to warrant a chancellor in decreeing specific performance. A court of equity will not enforce a contract, unless it is complete and certain in all its essential elements. The parties themselves must agree upon the material and necessary details of the bargain, and if any of these be omitted, or left obscure or indefinite, so as to leave the intention of…
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