Morrisey v. Strom
Citations
- 57 Wash. 487
- 107 P. 191
- 1910 Wash. LEXIS 781
Syllabus
<p>Specific Performance — Defendant’s Ownership of Land- — Pleadings. A complaint in an action to enforce the specific performance of a contract to convey land must allege that the defendant was the owner of the property either at the time the contract was made or at the time of the commencement of the action.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- rejecting statute that permitted counties without municipal or justice courts to appeal to this Court
- finding the “three-court rule” in Mississippi Code Section 11-51-81 an unconstitutional infringement on this Court’s power to promulgate rules of procedure and not a permissible legislative grant of jurisdiction
- statute held to be unconstitutional “because it usurps this Court’s constitutional rule-making power and violates the doctrine of separation of powers.”
- “The right of appeal 10 is purely a creature of statute.” (citations omitted)
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Judges: Rudkin
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