Manuel Garcia brought a case against Samuel Lee in the Supreme Court. The dispute was over a contract between them for the sale of land. Manuel claimed that he had paid Samuel $400 as part of an agreement to purchase some land, but that Samuel refused to give him title or possession of it. He argued that this constituted fraud and sought damages from Samuel for breach of contract. The court found in favor of Manuel, ruling that his payment was sufficient consideration and thus created a valid contract between himself and Samuel which entitled him to specific performance on the terms agreed upon by both parties. Furthermore, they held that since there had been no delivery or transfer made by either party prior to their disagreement, Manuel's payment should be returned with interest due from its date until judgment day plus costs incurred during litigation process. This decision set an important precedent regarding contracts involving real estate transactions as well as establishing principles related to consideration and specific performance remedies available under such agreements

In the case of Manuel Garcia v. Samuel Lee, Justice McLean delivered a dissenting opinion in which he argued that the plaintiff was entitled to recover damages from the defendant for breach of contract. He noted that while there were some ambiguities in the language used by both parties, it was clear that they had agreed to certain terms and conditions regarding payment for goods purchased by Garcia from Lee. Furthermore, he argued that even if there were any discrepancies between what each party understood or intended when entering into this agreement, it did not absolve either one from their contractual obligations as long as those obligations could be reasonably inferred based on their words and actions. Ultimately, Justice McLean concluded that since Garcia had fulfilled his part of the bargain but received nothing in return due to Lee's failure to pay him according to their agreement, then he should be allowed compensation for his losses resulting from this breach of contract.