Specific performance contract
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 15 U.S. 336 - Colson v. Thompson · 1817Most cited · 116 citing opinions
must be certain
The contract which is sought to be specifically executed ought not only to be proved, but the terms of it should be so precise as that neither party could reasonably misunderstand them. If the contract be vague or uncertain, or the evidence to establish it be insufficient, a court of equity will not exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction to enforce it, but will leave the party to his legal remedy.
How often courts cite the case defining “Specific performance contract”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Specific performance contract” — 116 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.