Taylor v. Dodd

Taylor filed his bill in chancery against Dodd, alleging that owing to some embarrassments, he had sold Dodd ten acres of land, specifying the terms and price; but alleging the sale to be conditional only, Taylor having three months to redeem. It is not denied but that the price, 1,000 dollars, was paid by Dodd. But it is insisted, as a breach of the trust coupled with the conditional sale, that before the expiration of the three months, Dodd sold to one Bramble for 1,900 dollars; and that Dodd was thus incapable of reconveying, and refused to account to Taylor for the profit, deducting the…