Marqueze v. Caldwell

Citations

• 48 Miss. 23

Syllabus

<p>1. Statutory construction — general rule. — When an English statute, which has received a fixed judicial construction by the English courts, is enacted by this state, it is adopted with the interpretation already placed upon it.</p> <p>2. Statute of frauds. — The statute of frauds does not require that the contract shall be signed by both the contracting parties, but only by the party sought to be charged.</p> <p>3. Specific performance. — Specific performance will bo decreed against the party who signed the contract, although the other party did not sign, and although there is no mutuality of remedies between the parties.</p>