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VOL. rn-NO. 1. SATURDAY VEN.. A RIL , 1855. PRICE FIVE
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THE PITTBUReGH LEGAL JOURNAL, agreemeut, pleading, and eviden e.mentioned, in. refenod; to, in all the', specifications of,;ower
*i IS1 : 'PUDLiSHE EvER -.1 ..... ' three instalments, to ,wit one , ouoapd: dollars granted, for they allrelate to juatters'of well-
'A1.Uon .,i n -m¢o ,n the.first day of'October,18. *.ne.,thousand' knownChander, jurisdlction elieW ireaid niiny
41,51i0n BUildings, cOr Fi fhad Bmithfield sur etk -dollars on'the first day of0etobll'a1854; ,and one of them. to matters'which had long ago: been i-
'- _: . . . . . . ' .. L ': . :thousand, dollars onthe first dayk -;October, 1855, ported into our-law. -It rcfers us; for thegeneral
1 8 :.qll J? KEENAN:& CO., Proprietors, with,interest on the said, residue fromthe first :form of piactice, to that :fthe Supremo'0unt
AT.TWO DOLLAUIS Pelt ANNUU,. IN ADVANC E. day of. April, 1853, payable-, on tile, first day. of 'of the United. Statos,,whichi like 'that of, the
. October nexti and, on the, first. da:of. pi and: State Coucts,.in 'all' its, mal.'featires, 'is.'coplel
A,A remittance of Five Dollars will entitle the sender.-f r.
..... tt - o .... folr w.. l October in each year thereafter,1 .tM'd that.ih the fromthe English Courts. In.brn and substance,
!to receive's paper forone year, and to have a business card
o. Inserte for m me. ... .................. Defendant complying withtis t crhee;7theCom- therefore,'the statute refers. c ust the practio of
plainant shall execute and deliv -to said Dtefen- tu elghbors for-a comploet understanding. of
TERMS OF ADVERTISIEO 'dant deed forthe premises according to the the scope andaction of our own-legislation';and
One square of ten lines, one insertion:;...........$ 50 terms.and, cndition of said agre t.. certainly it is not wrong to learn from te'e -
Each succeedlng insertion ............... ....... oa riooeo 4u are our;
.... s-.-i- , three o molth - I. . ...'...... .... .... Oo AThird-Iay th i ss o f~ hiutt-,.be#a ed .y evs ihu xerec.4,,..
* n suretre ani,............ 2 'Tid-ti rlVA*b io+nidiUJli selves without experience.
.Do. s',ons :. .i*.................0.0a th e osnotary. . o . t s t 'b*a d. The clause which:'is especially relevant -here,
Si'-A . nv'yei.e.........bl 10.00 thfe er prtb~t~ry. . f'iure of ' , ' '14 fordsse'ciflc' relief, whena recovery in diia-
Amustbe left attie office before' Fourth-That on o aid p ete ges would be 'm inadcquate remedy ;'and it is
142 0o0lck at noon, on Saturday, or theycannot appear.in lng made, wit costs, it is ordendthat Exee-tu at
hat day's wper. i' t'on as at Law,;issue therefore -sainst sild.Joh notodisputedthat the a tion of covenant;Whibbh
'Ai- ,is the appropriate 'einiin law remedy in'such
i ' . . ..... .... .. . . A i k e n . ' . . . . , L .'' c a s e s, g iv e s o n ly d l n ia g v s , a n d d o e s n o t e n fo rc e
S U . .. . .. '. F o t e d c eeEJ h A ik e n ~ pp e a le d ' T h e p e f -d d e t o n o c
.SUPBEMECOURT OF. PENA. Fromthe decree,' John ATheperformance. 11 -S. &11.: 244; Platt on: Con.
ease was argued twice by C01. . 1Iue IBLek 448, 618, 548,54ti. :'When, therefo ire,, wd notice,
The equity jurlsdletln of.he Courts laPoneylvanl, .a for John Aiken, the appellant, 'ai by;George P.. in addition, tat .in ilheusual equity language,
.:tends toa cae wherein the vendor: of and,'under artl Hamilton forFiley, the appellel .. . - the term .specific' relief isj generic term'in-
ae ofagreement, asks forspecific performanqe,aiehough;: 'The opinion of the Court Was *6 lveied lby' , cluding Wpecific perlrnanc.'3 as oneof itsspo-
,the only. Oipct of the bill Is to compel, payment of the 'LowixE, ,.-The first questida hre .i.i may. cies, we have nothing left to decide,.except .thot
..purchasemoney. .' ' ... ... . : specific performance be'decreed nder our:law of a recovery i damages.is not in equity-regArded
oa contract for the sale-of land, afthe'stit : of the as an adequate remedy for a breach of
CouIFIIty *ty vendor against the vendee? ' 't .' fo esale of land.- . . -, '
s'. of Allegheny 'in't Eq 'The law-which is supposed to givethis remedy,' . Now nothing 'is btter, settled than th.aa -r
Tli'B,; l o'te.:l.,ei . 'pre 'e: 'Aug... . has existed'for near twenty ycari'ane'the'Courts' -oiyindamages is regarded'as an nadequate
;.Ti2 1 frththat e was tesener' and thie'profession have, duriig ajllthat, time; re, irmedy, n .ncaseswhere,9 thy .are,,estimablea 6'
ittgbrgh ; 'tialJh calvedand acted upon-it'as bein 'AvWthout'doubt,' bi conjecture and not by any actualY 4aid-rd,
t itA intended to give it.' 1 W. &: S. I; 15'St'ate R. and this ison6 of the very, gounds on %hvic e
chasej that: on the. 10tho M 2a ' 1 id., 60;'Brightly R. 135;'1 Paisons 37, remed .by irajunoui is based.,C
'. 851 ek entered'into iwritenar o49c2. . 445;:4 id.? 186; 1 Sini. & S' 607 .
11;t Opp I 8Ate1;;'
Iagree n eItwe have been! in error in this, then all such Johns chp 501 16 Pick. 25; 8,Whart.5l9..S
,deed':wtti geial ' warranty to'both of 'the 'said
odts, 'qe-rial-'falew miwutera yo teb ' and derees made in, the Commoi -Pleas of Philadel- also the lte case' of thile ommonwelt v
. unId n A nI y bY. e f ha, and- in original ocnes in t6is. Court,, were- Pitts. & Conn.. R. R. Co. - And at-hi 'coldqrfl
dJ~ A ke 0 e a tih g- n the d phi61
: thbthtusando:' ty -bnaldplsq
:thdeedtopay' lni'slan d:d r two .witliut authori ;' forin allthoe instinceg, nn- tion, enfored by 'the mo6rilitj f t ' e'usI tin
-alike those.in the District -Cont'i f Allegheny tlfat men 'shali perform/their c t y
,d the. baance.w.t interest' County,:the jurisdiction depends Mpon'tbelegti-
k~i iburequsi nfial~i'lients ;' thbat be wasal. pnteegi- in,.il6ybeatfolity'or. sanctioninig theik
to i v .th d e dt ; . that he d fend- acy ofu thepform of the suit a po its violation of. them on their pym en t o d
t oe. 'd 'ay o t i - o i :os t h s u tnan , li d e ..
o thfe m sh ebjectmatter. ' - , 'j. ,, l one'of te verygounds'
ways- 0dYd peorzthls pa' t fid'lsn Thena .,9-e
1..i8tiit er that, th e romnliant cou' Te'Leglslaturehave not regardedthin practiceo c'eei' ppecific 'perfoihiance, and it i,011ficie'nt
. tt '..Ilia t oId nof .Ma .e , rroneous; -otherwise.the y wiuad',hayocorrect- one. This 'reason 'applies to th' dty f ith
004tlthe wh-,~bro~q'euntjueo nt7s ; a rr ;1y
'o plnant baa no red and praying ed us in passing -the Act of'1845, rj.'L. '158; wten -v6udoAiind-un'deo'; 'for dalagesfo a' brea '.f.
Yad t d t' should pay th first they:wereproviding for appeals i.equity oeses, contract For the sale otlana-can'havuio to'andja'd,.
-nstalpoit. due on the first day of October 1851; including expresslydecreesforspcitoc perlorm. exceptthat'which arises from acomparisbti 6
tfrt eaeral rtelef o anceofsuch contracts; or they would have-cor- tween the real value ofhe land sold anod the
'ai.. llngwtlithepres r e afe rbected usi 'some of toe nimero $'Acis bywhich contract price, and iverybody knows ho'w'onjec
Tords this theiremedy i dbtle'origial lw has been turaL and nn'ceraiii are all theetimate's of thii
Wds fledhlf sns~fr,'adm~ttidg the exe'utio ] ext -to placs to whieli dldnot orig- value of' land' by'different persons, and thow very
,tb atrement, ht'showligithat th cdplatn-: exna ed t appy. ces 'ohilt
d th e o -. , in o appll. uncertain, therefore, is the only standard: on'which
i'nted thathe'ownedaert'aln' brick w.lla n p6rt nt eme'dj,. it ay recovery in damages'canbe basod. '
'f. b'esand a ertainpriy, which was f i n In the Orphans' Court as. f ea s..f'en. It seems to us, therfbre, that: our practice
ni tii6, ;It al fibow d tht 'there wi _'a' w orcng mutch'contracts, and no -tiris allowed if heretofore has iot, been wrong,:thit spoilfci pe'r-
~sgeag nth ' .r,sIor'2,95O. The . Ia, l, 00t on e of eontractors be 4cad, f tite R. 485. formance is one of the.form s of ,,spicific rlief'.
c stated In, the. Ili ,well kno'w, n England 'and nnmost.of the intended, by the stattite,.that th: test.:of' inade-
olnn b I tlatt any f rther Statenient 01old States 6 the'Union, and. is there oreawmog-our quacy of damages reveals clearly its 'equitable
e'~ i W h'. w, r ,IoconW moat fainillar .Ideas. And bcsi1 , ifi' its .sub- character; and tt, finding our3elves.referred- by
stnetis us ike.ve may 'iir. actions; the statute to the Chancery practice elsewhere.
prld'omt he&argum'ents' of-counsel oni the :' * '...... . .. tn: -4
''t'f ....d 'On - 9t h f, ' oriis intended :to makepersoa :perf6rm the for our guide, and, seeing that everywhere.:else
;.I8 jton b nt 9t hf ihlnig.tatj ' ethethe- very 'yhiveconoractL are bound the equity remedy is allowed in such: cases, s
r te iri o a jectio l u ots ae
iL|il~i tn.btli.:li..tdd , eko ., lad d i, i' tr ie~~n,, Leq'.oilcti mg s , eaentjntfe iu eotig,itlus
t~'rni~~ theollngdcreeiJc the itei,party. y ' ' as elsewhere, that eqtity cases are tried, without
Flst-Tfa J ohn ,Atie .. '. i'-'' pay-saud.... .LewiFml ey.. : . Wo.have, be!)'di ~ on the aid of' a jury:, for (III our,Gourts: have joaries
:t ,i ef ths n d pl,,bing te. in- ,ktmd Cai omin pnce t'r
t , t l n h b~g ten~. bamodlhe octoionblof and may order issues or disputed, points 'o.: fict
taep ae oese estaid'. the . resulthas trained us and ought to do so if requested, Whveneverthero
thi ofovnant th1 1,nt .ha
tirt.85da;d't 15,0 'an 1st' often .to ackno ledgeitiatth ' tI ute g( is anyreasionable ground of dispute. ,
''Y o. 1 an. 11 h ui1; ad eoi ate'aind'thatr On the- meritsofi tils. case, hioweovr,I.:' am i-
e land f~aidft.y cnts iterest' is bettr.ind'ought tobe ecour ell ' S structod'tolsaythat .majurity fhC t . 'rt r of
a. 78, 279 2 0 11id. 887. 4: -I opinionthatthere is such ovidcnce oftald,f
, 1868,jand also the'further sunOf two hundred' 'i2 ... titleto part ohnd sold, and , f,, m.iepre-
.... .,- part. o~bidslado . ..
' ene.it' seems toa fsentatio in. relation o I& true lbounda rles,
'ariie'r t! ktiu't~elde th e cgmoney, no'ne 'legislate p ishould .be hts ul w 'have ne . deree of. -clc ,perc
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