Meason v. Kaine
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: No. 32, to October and November Term 1869. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to June Term 1867, by Daniel Kaine against Alfred E. Meason.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county: No. 32, to October and November Term 1869. This was an action of assumpsit, brought to June Term 1867, by Daniel Kaine against Alfred E. Meason. It was for the recovery of the one-third, the defendant’s proportion, of the purchase-money paid by the plaintiff for a farm which had been bought by the plaintiff, defendant and Eli Cope on joint account, the articles with the vendor by agreement between the three purchasers having been taken in the name of the plaintiff and Cope only: the object of the purchase was to resell the land on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 3d 1870, by
Sharswood, J. —
Kaine and Cope made a written contract with Shoaf for the purchase of a farm. It was alleged by the plaintiff below that there was a verbal agreement between himself, Cope and Meason, the defendant, by which this farm was to be bought on joint account, in the names of himself and Cope, and the profits realized on á resale to be equally divided. Kaine having made-*338certain payments on account to Shoaf, brought this suit against Meason to recover contribution.
His principal, and perhaps only witness to prove this verbal…
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