Rigg v. Reading & Southwestern Street Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Jan. T., 1899, by defendants, from decree of C. P» Berks Co., Jan. T., 1899, No. 694, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for specific performance. Before Ermentrout, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree in favor of plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Dean,
This ease is on the equity side of the court; it is an appeal to a chancellor to reach forth his strong hand and take from an alleged wrongdoer, chattels, unjustly withheld from an alleged clean handed innocent owner. The response to the appeal has been favorable and full. It is, in substance, based on these findings of fact:
One William Rebmann, being the owner of 159 shares of stock. of the Reading and Southwestern Street Railway Company, on December 8,1897, for the consideration of 19,687.74, by written contract, sold and agreed to transfer them to John A. Rigg,…
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