Lowcountry Open Land Trust v. Charleston Southern University

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an action for specific performance lies in equity
• noting that a closing date in a real estate contract was within a \reasonable time [for a buyer] to complete performance of the contract\ where the contract did not include a \time is of the essence\ provision as to the buyer's performance
• stating as to specific performance, “[cjourts only have the authority to specifically enforce contracts that the parties themselves have made; they do not have the authority to alter contracts or to make new contracts for the parties.”
• \Courts only have the authority to specifically enforce contracts that the parties themselves have made; they do not have the authority to alter contracts or to make new contracts for the parties.\
• “Courts only have the authority to specifically enforce contracts that the parties themselves have made; they do not have the authority to alter contracts or to make new contracts for the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).