Legal Opinion

Paul v. Durborow

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 24, 1825PublishedCited by 1 opinion

'IN ERROR. This was a writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, and was argued by Carothers, for the plaintiff in error, and Metzger, contra. ,

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court states the case fully, and was delivered by,

Tilghman, C. J.

This is an action of debt on a bond given by Thomas Durborow, the defendant, to Christian Wiseman, deceased, the testator of the plaintiff, upon an exchange- of land. The defendant conveyed to Wiseman, some real estate in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, and gave him the bond in dispute; and received from him in exchange, a conveyance of lhnd in Virginia. It was proved that Wiseman had represented the Virginia, land as being of good quality, and that his title was under a patent from the commonwealth of…

2Cited by1 opinion

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