Bleakley's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from tbe decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county: In Equity: No 54, to October and November Term 1870. This was a bill in equity filed February 18th 1869, by Robert Lamberton against James Bleakley, Samuel P. Irvin and F. D. Kinnear.
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Appeal from tbe decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango county: In Equity: No 54, to October and November Term 1870. This was a bill in equity filed February 18th 1869, by Robert Lamberton against James Bleakley, Samuel P. Irvin and F. D. Kinnear. On tbe 6th of August 1864 Kinnear contracted to sell to Irvin a lot of land in Franklin, Venango county, for $>2600, of which $1000 were to be paid in band, one-half of tbe remainder in 6 months, and the balance on the 6th of August 1865, when the deed was to be made; the contract to be void and the payments made to be forfeited on failure to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, October 27th 1870, by
Agnew, J.
— The facts of this case are few. Robert Lamberton was the owner of a judgment for $31,000, entered against Samuel P. Irvin on the 8th day of June 1865. Irvin had purchased of E. D. Kinnear, Esq., lot No. 449 in Eranklin at $2600, of which $820 only remained unpaid, and would fall due on the 6th of August 1865, with a provision for forfeiture of the contract in case of non-payment for thirty days after it fell due. On the 19th of July 1865, Irvin assigned his contract to James Bleakley, binding him to pay the $820 to save…
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