Glaze v. Drayton
Opinion of the Court
The object of complainant's bill was to obtain specific performance of a contract for the purchase of land, made by Mm with William Henry Braytoa, +ho father of the defendant John, who was his heir at law, and the brother of l-.-.. •< Charles, who was his administrator. The áccreA:: ord.v ■ ” the court is as follows:
Bill and answer read, whereupon ordered, that the defendant John Bray ton execute titles in fee simple to the
The legislature, in consideration of the distressed state of the -the country, after the war, had passed an act, preventing the immediate recovery of debts, and fixing' certain periods for the payment of debts, far beyond the periods fixed by the contract of the parlies. These interferences with private contracts, became very common with most of the state legislatures, even after the distresses arising- from the war had ceased in a great degree. They produced distrust and irritation throughout the community, to such an extent, that new troubles were apprehended; and nothing contributed more to prepare the public mind for giving up a portion of th e state sovereignty, and adopting an efficient national government, than these abuses of power by the state legislatures.
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