Salot v. Hechtmann
Salot v. Hechtmann
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff filed a bill in equity praying specific performance of a written agreement for the sale to him of a piece of real estate; after hearing, on pleadings and proofs, the bill was dismissed and this appeal followed*
The chancellor found that the earnest money to bind the contract was represented by a $200 check, payment of which was subsequently stopped by plaintiff; and he refused to find, as requested by plaintiff, that this had been done at defendants’ suggestion. Moreover, the chancellor found that plaintiff never tendered another
The decree is affirmed at cost of appellant.
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- Salot v. Hechtmann et ux.
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- Syllabus
- Equity—Specific performance—Findings of fact—Appeals. A chancellor’s findings of fact supported by competent and sufficient evidence, though contradicted, will not be reversed on appeal in the absence of manifest error.