Stull v. Hurtt
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees against the appellant for the specific execution of a contract for the sale of lands. The terms of the contract are stated in the opinion of this court.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees against the appellant for the specific execution of a contract for the sale of lands. The terms of the contract are stated in the opinion of this court. The bill alleges the failure of the vendee to comply with the terms of sale, his embarrassed pecuniary condition, and other circumstances, showing the vendors to be without remedy at law, and prays that the vendee may be decreed to perform his contract, and in default thereof the lands be sold to pay the purchase money. The defendant was summoned but not…
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
The appellant, by S. (S'. Cake, his agent, agreed in writing' with Thomas D. Hurtt, to purchase a tract of land called “ Mother's Care,” containing one hundred and seventy three acres, more or less, for the sum of twenty-three hundred dollars;. *449first payment of five hundred dollars to be made on the 1st day of January, 1848, at which time possession was to be delivered; and the balance in three annual instalments of six hundred dollars, payable in one, two and three years thereafter.. It was further agreed that the appellant was to receive a good and sufficient deed of the land, while at the…
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