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Townsend Vs. Vanderwerker

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 16, 1895

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  1. Gunton Vs. Carroll US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1879
  2. U.S. 171 (1895) U.S. Supreme Court Townsend v. Vanderwerker
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  3. U.S. 171 (1895) Townsend v. Vanderwerker
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  4. to the residue, if any, he stand as a general creditor of her estate. The case is not unlike that of Wylie v. Coxe
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  5. it probably beyond the reach of the complainant. Still more nearly analogous in principle is the case of Seymour v. Freer
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  6. a bill as for a specific performance, and award damages to the plaintiff. This was the distinct ruling in Denton v. Stewart
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  7. had sustained and decreed that such damages should be paid by the defendant. A similar ruling was made in Greenaway v. Adams
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  8. although the Master of the Rolls indicated a doubt with regard to the soundness of the principle announced in Denton v. Stewart
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  9. In Gwillim v. Stone
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  10. for delivering up the contract, without prejudice to an action, instead of an inquiry before the master. In Todd v. Gee
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  11. Ves. 273, the case of Denton v. Stewart
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  12. This case was followed in Ferguson v. Wilson
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  13. s claim for damages failed also. The principle of these cases was also adopted by Chancellor Kent in Kempshall v. Stone
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  14. so much as he is still able to perform, and plaintiff may recover damages for the residue. Thus, in Burrow v. Scammell
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  15. Bostwick v. Beach
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  16. to him, and we think it is not beyond the power of a court of equity to entertain a bill for this purpose. Sullivan v. O'Neal
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  17. contract, is such a part performance as will support the bill. This Court so expressly decided in the case of Neale v. Neale
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  18. Wall. 1. And in Brown v. Sutton
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  19. Similar cases of promises to convey property upon the consideration of support are frequent in the books. Gupton v. Gupton
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  20. Sutton v. Hayden
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  21. Hiatt v. Williams
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  22. Watson v. Mahan
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  23. Twiss v. George
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  24. Warren v. Warren
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  25. Patterson v. Patterson
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  26. Wills v. Stradling
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  27. Mundy v. Jolliffe
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  28. Williams v. Evans
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  29. with any other theory than that he took possession of the lot for the purpose of erecting the house. Whitsitt v. Trustees
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  30. such possession was evidently with no intention to abandon the interest he had already acquired in the property. Drum v. Stevens
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  31. whether it would have the same effect as to one who stood in plaintiff's relation to the property. Howard Ins. Co. v. Halsey
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  32. Bates v. Norcross
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  33. James v. Brown
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  34. Cooper v. Bigly
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  35. Iglehart v. Crane
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  36. Doolittle v. Cook
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  37. in failing to institute proceedings before he did. In this case, we think the delay is fully explained. Gunton v. Carroll
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  38. U.S. Supreme Court Townsend v. Vanderwerker
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  39. of Wylie v. Coxe
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  40. of Seymour v. Freer
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  41. Denton v. Stewart
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  42. Greenaway v. Adams
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  43. In Todd v. Gee
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  44. of Denton v. Stewart
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  45. Ferguson v. Wilson
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  46. Kempshall v. Stone
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  47. Burrow v. Scammell
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  48. Sullivan v. O'Neal
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  49. of Neale v. Neale
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  50. Brown v. Sutton
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