Legal Opinion
Hilton v. Crooker
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided November 11, 1890PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the district court for Lancaster county. Heard below before Field, J. cited on the point that the contract was personal and could not be assignedRapalje & Lawrence, L. D., p. 282; Chitty, Contracts, 671.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwkll, J.
This action is brought to obtain the following relief:
"And upon final hearing of this case, the plaintiffs may be granted the following relief, to-wit: That the agreement aforesaid between plaintiffs and defendants Crooker and Gregory may be declared a personal and binding agreement, as before stated, between all the parties thereto, and the obligations and deeds made under it not assignable or transferable, but a breach of the same, and that the breach as stated herein may be so declared, as also the neglect and abandonment of the prosecution of the suits by them, and failure of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Burger v. RiceIndiana Supreme Court · 1851
3Cited by4 opinions
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