Frue v. Houghton

Beck, O. J.

This was a proceeding to enforce an agreement to transfer and deliver a number of shares of stock in the Sacramento Mining Company. The plaintiffs; below, Houghton and Curley, obtained a decree for the delivery of the shares of stock sued for, and to reverse this decree the defendants have sued out this writ of' error.

The first proposition laid down by counsel for plaintiffs; in error is, that a court of equity will not specifically enforce a contract relating to personal property.

That courts of equity have jurisdiction to decree the-specific performance of agreements, whether…