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[[File:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.jpg|link=Media:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.pdf|thumb|right|300px|First page of the opinion [[Media:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.pdf|''Hook v. Ross'']], in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21593279330003196 ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: with Select Cases, relating Chiefly to Points of Practice, Decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District''], by William Hening and William Munford. 2nd ed. Flatbush: I. Riley, 1809.]]
 
[[File:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.jpg|link=Media:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.pdf|thumb|right|300px|First page of the opinion [[Media:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.pdf|''Hook v. Ross'']], in [http://wm-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/01COWM_WM:EVERYTHING:01COWM_WM_ALMA21593279330003196 ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: with Select Cases, relating Chiefly to Points of Practice, Decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District''], by William Hening and William Munford. 2nd ed. Flatbush: I. Riley, 1809.]]
  
[[Media:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.pdf|''Hook v. Ross'']], Hening & Munford Vol. I 310 citation (1807), <ref>William Hening & William Munford, ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: with Select Cases, relating Chiefly to Points of Practice, Decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District,'' 2nd ed. (Flatbush: I. Riley, 1809), 1:310.</ref> was case that determined whether a defendant’s refusal to obey a court order, which caused the Court of Equity to prejudice every presumption against him, would also warrant a monetary judgment when the suit was brought for the specific performance of a contract.
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[[Media:Hening&MunfordsReports1809V1HookvRoss.pdf|''Hook v. Ross'']], 11 Va. (1 Hen. & M.) 310 (1807), <ref>William Hening & William Munford, ''Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: with Select Cases, relating Chiefly to Points of Practice, Decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District,'' 2nd ed. (Flatbush: I. Riley, 1809), 1:310.</ref> was a case that determined whether a defendant’s refusal to obey a court order, which caused the Court of Equity to prejudice every presumption against him, would also warrant a monetary judgment when the suit was brought for the specific performance of a contract.
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==

Revision as of 10:16, 13 March 2018

Hook v. Ross, 11 Va. (1 Hen. & M.) 310 (1807), [1] was a case that determined whether a defendant’s refusal to obey a court order, which caused the Court of Equity to prejudice every presumption against him, would also warrant a monetary judgment when the suit was brought for the specific performance of a contract.

Background

In 1793, Ross sued Hook in the High Court of Chancery to obtain a settlement regarding a mercantile connection they formed in 1771 and to obtain an account of how much was owed to Ross from the connection.

The Court's Decision

Chancellor Wythe directed that a sum money should be paid instead of specific performance of the negotiation. The Court of Appeals reversed and annulled the decree.

See also

References

  1. William Hening & William Munford, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: with Select Cases, relating Chiefly to Points of Practice, Decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District, 2nd ed. (Flatbush: I. Riley, 1809), 1:310.