Sydney Gregg, by N. B. Craig her committee, brought a case to the Supreme Court against the lessee of Gabriel Sayre and wife in 1834. The dispute was over an estate that had been left to Sydney Gregg from her father's will; however, it had been leased out without her knowledge or consent prior to his death. She argued that she should have control of this property as per the terms of her father's will and requested for its return so she could manage it herself or lease it out with proper compensation for any improvements made on the land during its occupancy by another party. The court ultimately ruled in favor of Sydney Gregg and ordered that all occupants must vacate immediately while also awarding damages for any losses incurred due to their occupation of said property without permission from either party involved in this case - namely Sydney Gregg or Gabriel Sayre & Wife who were responsible for leasing out said estate without consulting with Ms.Gregg first about doing so..

In the case of Sydney Gregg, by N. B. Craig her Committee v. The Lessee of Gabriel Sayre and Wife, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether a contract between two parties could be enforced when one party had died before it was fully executed. The majority opinion held that contracts are not binding on deceased persons or their estates, so the contract in question could not be enforced against Sayre's estate after his death. However, Justice McLean dissented from this ruling and argued that if both parties had performed all they were required to do under the terms of the agreement prior to Sayre's death then it should still be enforceable against his estate as he would have been bound by its terms even after his passing away. He further noted that there is no legal principle which states otherwise and thus concluded that enforcing such an agreement does not violate any existing laws or principles of equity