Estate of Griffin v. Sumner

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “A substantive right conferred by the existing law ... may not be defeated by a subsequent amendment of the law.”
• specific performance is equitable remedy employed when recovery of monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate complainant
• “A substantive right conferred by the existing law . . . may not be defeated by a subsequent amendment of the law.”
• \A substantive right conferred by the existing law . . . may not be defeated by a subsequent amendment of the law.\
• specific performance is equitable remedy employed when recovery of monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate complainant
• “The purpose of specific performance is to compel a party who is violating a duty to perform under a valid contract to comply with his obligations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).