Case Name: Munro v. Allaire, 2 C. C. E. 183
Court: New York Court for the Correction of Errors
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1799
Citations: 1 Lock. Rev. Cas. 480
Docket Number: 
Parties: Munro v. Allaire, 2 C. C. E. 183.
Judges: 
Reporter: Lockwood's Reversed Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 480–480

Head Matter:
Munro v. Allaire, 2 C. C. E. 183.
Trustee purchasing from his cestui que trust; Specific Performance.
In this case, a purchase had been made of certain real estate by an executor who had power to sell for the benefit of a third person, from the cestui que trust. Under the circumstances of this case, the Chancellor held it no objection, on a bill filed by the executor for a specific performance and other purposes, to a decree for specific performance. But on appeal,
The Court of Errors held, that such purchases by a trustee .of his cestui que trust, are not favored in equity, and that he can not maintain a bill for a specific performance of such a contract.

Opinion:
The decree of the Chancellor was accordingly reversed.