Walker v. France
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Ereoe to the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 10. Ejectment brought by George W. Walker for three lots or parcels of land October 30th, 1883, against W. B. France. Plea, not guilty. The facts of the case, as they appeared on the trial before McCollum, P. J., sufficiently appear in the charge of the court and in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Ereoe to the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county: Of July Term, 1885, No. 10. Ejectment brought by George W. Walker for three lots or parcels of land October 30th, 1883, against W. B. France. Plea, not guilty. The facts of the case, as they appeared on the trial before McCollum, P. J., sufficiently appear in the charge of the court and in the opinion of the Supreme Court. In the general charge the court instructed tlie jury, inter alia: [Now, in the investigation of this case, the first difficult question for you to determine is what was the actual contract between these parties ? Does the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
This was an action of ejectment brought by G. W. Walker, the plaintiff below, against W. B. France, to enforce payment of the balance of purchase money alleged to be due him on articles of agreement executed by the said parties on the 20th of April, 1876, by the terms of which Walker, in consideration of the sum of $6,000, which he acknowledged to have received in hand, and 1,500,000 feet of hemlock lumber to be-thereafter delivered, agreed to sell to France some .56-5 acres •' of land, and also certain personal property, as therein set forth-a ad described. France took possession. of the…
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