This section is from the book "The Law Of Land Contracts", by Asher L. Cornelius. Also available from Amazon: Michigan Law Of Land Contracts.
Specific performance of land contracts is not a remedy of right, but rests in the discretion of the court, but such discretion is a judicial one and cannot be exercised arbitrarily or captiously and must be based upon facts proven in the case by competent testimony,1 and
1. Remedy Discretionary. - Although the remedy of specific performance is not a matter of strict legal right, but rests in the sound discretion of the court, held under the evidence that the established principles of equity require specific performance in this case. Wat-kins v. Minor, 214 Mich. 380.
While the remedy by specific performance is not a remedy of right, and the granting or refusing thereof must rest in discretion, the discretion to be exercised is a in all cases is controlled by the well established principles of equity. Therefore, where the contract is certain in its terms and for a valuable consideration and is capable of being enforced without hardship to either party, the courts will decree specific performance as a matter of course just as freely and readily as a court of law will award a judgment of damages for breach of contract.2
 
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