McCABE v. MATTHEWS

No. 109.

155 U.S. 550 (1895)

McCABE v. MATTHEWS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Wise Garnett for appellant.

Mr. H. Bisbee for appellee submitted on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

A decree for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate does not go as a matter of course, but is granted or withheld according as equity and justice seem to demand in view of all the circumstances of the case. Pratt v. Carroll, 8 Cranch, 471; Holt v. Rogers, 8 Pet. 420; Willard v. Tayloe, 8 Wall. 557; Hennessy v...

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