Cheney v. Libby
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE .'CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE DISTRICT OP. NEBRASKA. In - equity. . The case is stated in the opinion!
1Opinion of the CourtJustice HarlaN
This is a suit to compel'the specific performance by the appellant, Oheney, of a written agreement entered into May .28, ■1880, between him and the- appellee, Libby, .whereby the' former demised and let to the latter the possession and' use of, and contracted, bargained and agreed to sell to him, two sec-' tions of unimproved' land in Gage. County, Nebraska. The defendant claimed tbat the contract was forfeited, long before this suit was brought, by Libby’s1 failure to comply with its stipulations. Upon that ground, he resists the granting of the relief asked. The Circuit Court adjudged that…
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