Barr v. Lapsley
Supreme Court of the United States
- Appeal from the circuit court of the district of Gofumbia. This cause was argued by Jones, for the appellants and. complainants, and. Ham^ for the respondents and defendants
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court...The object of this hill is to obtain a specific performance of an alleged agreement to receive a quan 4ity of cotton bagging, at a specified price, in satis^ fáction of certain judgments at law. The defendants deny that the circumstances proved ever rendered the agreement final and obligátory upon them; and this is . the principal, perhaps the only, question the casé presents.
It appears that the Complainants were indebted to one West, who assigned this debt, (then unliquidated,) together with the residue of his estate, to Lapsley et al.; that…
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