Hepburn & Dundas v. Auld
Supreme Court of the United States
THE first of these cases was a writ of error to the judgment of thq circuit court of the district of Co-in an action .of debt at common law brought by Auld, agent and attorney in fact for Dunlop. & Co. against Hepburn and Dundas for 45,000 dollárs, the penalty or the same articles ot agreement which are recited in the case of Hepburn and Dundas v. dillldy dTltC^ VOl• 1* p• 321» The second of these cases was an appeal from a decree of the same court dismissing the bill in…
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THE first of these cases was a writ of error to the judgment of thq circuit court of the district of Co-in an action .of debt at common law brought by Auld, agent and attorney in fact for Dunlop. & Co. against Hepburn and Dundas for 45,000 dollárs, the penalty or the same articles ot agreement which are recited in the case of Hepburn and Dundas v. dillldy dTltC^ VOl• 1* p• 321» The second of these cases was an appeal from a decree of the same court dismissing the bill in equity brought by Hepburn and Dundas against Colin Auld, to compel him to accept the land, and pay tjje difference between…
1Opinion of the Court
March 14.
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court as follows, viz.
By the agreement of the 27th of September, 1799, the plaintiffs bound themselves, in the event of not páying, on the 2d of January, in bills of exchange, or money, the amount of the award to be rendered between the parties, to assign and transfer, on that day, to the defendant, a contract they had made with Graham, by which they had sold to him a tract of land containing 6,000 acres for the sum of 18,000 dollars, payable at differenttimes, with interest. They also bound themselves to execute an irrevocable power pf…
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