STEWART v. GRIFFITH

No. 145.

217 U.S. 323 (1910)

STEWART v. GRIFFITH, EXECUTOR OF BALL, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 25, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James E. Padgett and Mr. Henry E. Davis for the appellant.

Mr. Charles H. Merillat and Mr. George R. Gaither, with whom Mr. Charles J. Kappler was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity, brought by the executor of one Ball for the specific performance of a contract made by the appellant to purchase certain land. The plaintiff had a decree in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, and the defendant appealed. 31 App. D.C. 29.

The material parts of the contract are as follows: "This agreement, Made by and between...

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