Eames v. Eames
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Kalamazoo Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract of sale at auction of certain patents. The case was heard on the pleadings and proofs, and the bill was dismissed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
Complainant filed his bill to enforce, specifically, an auction sale of an interest in certain patents, belonging to the assets of the decedent, Lovett Eames, which complainant alleges he purchased for one thousand dollars, and which he alleges the defendant refuses to convey to him except subject to certain mortgages, liens and claims, held or pretended to be held by E. W. Morgan, which complainant asserts are not real encumbrances or rights. The bill calls for an answer under oath.
The answer sets up these several claims and encumbrances, and that on the sale, and before the…
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