Spencer v. Colt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1879, No. 166. Debt by Henry Colt against Osborn Spencer and Jacob Mauser, on fifteen bonds executed by defendants and delivered to plaintiff to secure the payment of $15,000, the purchase-money for a tract of land. The facts are stated in the opinion of this court.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1879, No. 166. Debt by Henry Colt against Osborn Spencer and Jacob Mauser, on fifteen bonds executed by defendants and delivered to plaintiff to secure the payment of $15,000, the purchase-money for a tract of land. The facts are stated in the opinion of this court. At the trial before Harvey, P. J., the defendants proposed to ask the following questions: “What .was the inducement that led you to sign the bonds and mortgage ?” Objected to as incompetent and irrelevant. The court said: “ The court is of the opinion that the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
On the 1st of April 1874, the defendants below executed and delivered to the plaintiff a mortgage and fifteen accompanying bonds to secure the payment of $15,000, the purchase-money for a parcel of land in the city of Allentown. The mortgage and bonds, as well as the deed from the plaintiff, were all made out in'pursuance of a written agreement previously entered into between the plaintiff and Mr. Spencer. Mr. Mauser became interested in the purchase while the *317contract was executory. The agreement wás given in evidence, but has not been brought up. When the deed was made and the securities…
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