Supreme Court of the United States, 1817

The Supreme Court held that a buyer need not disclose extrinsic market information to the seller, reversed the lower court’s judgment that directed a verdict for the plaintiff, and remanded for a new trial with a venire facias de novo.

The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s decree and dismissed the plaintiff’s bill for specific performance, holding that the alleged contract was not proved and that its terms were too vague to enforce.