Robinson v. Cathcart
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
This was a bill in equity, filed by William Robinson against James Leander Cathcart and others, for the specific execution of a contract for the sale of a tract of land in Fairfax county, in Virginia, by the plaintiff to the defendant, J. L. Cathcart.
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This was a bill in equity, filed by William Robinson against James Leander Cathcart and others, for the specific execution of a contract for the sale of a tract of land in Fairfax county, in Virginia, by the plaintiff to the defendant, J. L. Cathcart. The complainant filed a bill in this court, in Alexandria county, on the 12th of March, 1824, against the defendant, J. L. Cathcart, alleging that on the 10th of September, 1822, he entered into an agreement, under seal, with the said defendant, by which he agreed to sell to the defendant, his farm, called Howard, in Fairfax county, Virginia,…
1Opinion of the CourtCranch, Chief Judge
(after stating the substance of the bill and answers). The defendants, Catheart and Woodside, now move for a dissolution of the injunction. The only important averment of the bill which is denied by either of the answers, is that which charges that the defendant Woodside was privy to the arrangement made for the assignment to the complainant of the Spanish claim. It is very doubtful whether the alleged misrepresentations, previous to the conclusion of the contract, can bé given in evidence at all, in this case, no fraud being charged. Irnliam v. Child, 1 Brown, Ch. 92. But, admitting that…
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