Lanston Monotype Machine Co. v. Times-Dispatch Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond. Decree for the defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
(after making the foregoing statement), delivered the opinion of the court.
One of the errors assigned, and the only one that it is necessary to consider, in the view the court takes of the case, is that the trial court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the bill and dismissing the same.
It is conceded, and if it were not it is clear, that the agreement between the parties is of such a nature that it is not susceptible of specific enforcement by the court. But it is insisted that, although the court was unable to specifically execute the contract, yet the case made by the bill entitled the…
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- Ely v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Brothers v. Moore, Clemens & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1908
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