Legal Opinion

Kearns-Gorsuch Bottle Co. v. Hartford-Fairmont Co.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided July 25, 1921Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOUGH, Circuit Judge.

No objection has been taken to the bill, in that it seeks specific performance of a contract relating to personalty; the point has not been mentioned. From this I infer that counsel agree the case as alleged to be one justifying appeal to this admitted, but infrequent, branch of jurisdiction. Therefore I shall say no more on that subject.

Nor is it necessary to dwell on the meaning of the contractual words and sentences used in Plaintiff’s Exhibits 1 and 2. I think no one has doubted that, if we had no more than the documents just described, all would agree as to their…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Marble Co. v. RipleySupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Pope Manufacturing Co. v. GormullySupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Cathcart v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
  4. Hearne v. Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. Texas Co. v. Central Fuel Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912

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