Legal Opinion
Doepfner v. Bowers
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 15, 1907PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Action to compel the specific performance by the lessor of a provision contained in the lease of certain premises, whereby the lessees were to have a renewal of the .term upon their giving a notice in writing of their intention to accept the renewal “ on or before six months prior to the date of the expiration ” of the term demised.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
“ Hard cases make bad law. Blard cases must not be allowed to make bad equity, any more than bad law.” Moore v. Pierson, 6 Iowa, 279, 296. “ Hard cases are the quicksands of the law.” Metropolitan Natl. Bank of Kansas City, Mo. v. Campbell Commission Co., 77 Fed. Rep. 705. “ There is, in all such instances, great danger of the courts drifting away from fundamental grounds upon which a rule of equity is builded, and getting out upon the wide sea of adventure without chart or compass. While rules and principles of equity jurisprudence are constantly expanding in the aspiration for justice in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Giddings v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Moore v. PiersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
- Kerr v. . PurdyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Precht v. . HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
3Cited by14 opinions
- J. N. A. Realty Corp. v. Cross Bay Chelsea, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- F. B. Fountain Co. v. SteinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1922
- Koch v. H. & S. DEVELOPMENT CO.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1964
- Xanthakey v. HayesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Rounds v. Owensboro Ferry Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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