Humphrey v. Clement

This was a hill in chancery, brought by Thomas Clement against Edwin S. Humphrey, to compel the specific performance of a contract for the sale and conveyance of a tract of land, executed by said Edwin S. to Zopher P. Humphrey, and by the latter assigned to the complainant. The answer admits the making of the contract, and the tender of the purchase money, when due, in United States legal tender notes, but sets up an agreement by Zopher P. Humphrey to pay the purchase money in gold, and a similar agreement by Clement when the contract was assigned to him. The contract bound the appellant to…