Adams v. Hazen
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Lee county. Decree for defendants. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court.
The authorities have long since settled what character of executory contract a court of equity will enforce by requiring specific performance of it. Where the contract is in writing it must contain “all the essential elements of a valid executory contract—that is to say, competent parties, a legal subject matter, a valuable consideration and mutual assent. Minor’s Inst. Pt. I (1st ed.), p. 16”; Hairston v. Hill, 118 Va. 339, 342, 87 S. E. 573, 575. “The whole question is one of intention. If the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stuart v. PennisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Boisseau v. FullerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
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- Young v. Camp Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1910
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