Ala. Code § 8-1-41

Obligations Which Cannot Be Specifically Enforced.

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos., Inc. v. Dobson (1995)

Most recently applied in 305 F. Supp. 2d 1252 - South Alabama Pigs, LLC v. Farmer Feeders, Inc. (February 2004)

(Code 1923, §6833; Code 1940, T. 9, §55.)

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The following obligations cannot be specifically enforced:

(1) An obligation to render personal service;

(2) An obligation to employ another in personal service;

(3) An agreement to submit a controversy to arbitration;

(4) An agreement to perform an act which the party has not power lawfully to perform when required to do so;

(5) An agreement to procure the act or consent of the wife of the contracting party or of any other third persons; or

(6) An agreement, the terms of which are not sufficiently certain to make the precise act which is to be done clearly ascertainable.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.