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Cumbest v. Harris

Mississippi Supreme Court

363 So.2d 294 (1978)

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Cumbest (plaintiff) sold Harris (defendant) a meticulously matched, partly self-built stereo system he had spent 15 years assembling, retaining an option to repurchase it by a specified date; when Cumbest attempted to exercise the option, Harris avoided him, and the chancery court found the system wasn't sufficiently unique to warrant specific performance and dismissed Cumbest's suit.

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Whether specific performance can be awarded when the subject of the agreement is personal property.

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