Rosenblum v. New York Central R.R. Co.

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Defendants appeal from a decree requiring them to specifically perform a contract for the sale of land, the naked title of which was in the Sayings & Trust Company of Indiana, Pa., the New York Central Railroad Company being the actual owner.

The written contract was a series of letters passing between the plaintiff and C. A. Dobbins, “Assistant General Land Agent” of the railroad company, and written upon its letterhead.

The appellants concede that these letters established a contract under which the railroad company promised to convey the real estate, but deny that…