Rider v. Gray
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. The bill in this case was filed on the 15th of November 1851, by the appellants, having for its object the specific performance of the following agreement: “Momorandom of an agreement made this 16th day of April 1850, by and between John B. Gray of Fredericksburg, State of Virginia, who represents himself to be the owner of the Abrego Cinnabar ore mine in California, of the first part, and William Rider and Jonathan Trotter,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore city. The bill in this case was filed on the 15th of November 1851, by the appellants, having for its object the specific performance of the following agreement: “Momorandom of an agreement made this 16th day of April 1850, by and between John B. Gray of Fredericksburg, State of Virginia, who represents himself to be the owner of the Abrego Cinnabar ore mine in California, of the first part, and William Rider and Jonathan Trotter, both of the city, county and State of New York, of the second part, witnesseth, that the said Gray, in consideration of…
1Opinion of the CourtTuck, J.
We have considered this case with every disposition to grant to the complainants the benefit of the agreement which they seek to have performed. Having, in good faith, paid $10,000 in part execution on their side, it is reasonable and just that the other party should comply on his part, if such relief can be enforced consistently with established rules of equity. But we have not been able to discover such stipulations in the agreement as exempt it from the operation of the principles laid down in the cases of Geiger vs. Green, 4 Gill, 472, and Tyson vs. Watts, 7 Gill, 124. The chief…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Geiger v. GreenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1846
- Tyson v. WattsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1848
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