Trau v. Sloan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1905, by-plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., April T., 1905, No. 933, dismissing bill in equity in case of Gus Trau and Philip Loevner, trading as Trau & Loevner v. William L. Sloan, Earl Sloan and Leopold Vilsack. Bill in equity for specific performance. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts of the case. The court entered a decree dismissing the bill. Error assigned was the decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is a bill for the specific performance of a written contract for the sale of real estate. The controlling question in the case is whether L. A. Clark & Company were authorized by William L. Sloan, the owner of the property, to enter into the agreement with the plaintiffs, who were the purchasers. The learned trial judge found as a fact and as a conclusion of law that Clark & Company were not authorized to act as the agents of Sloan in the sale of the property. We have examined with care the testimony in the case and fully agree with these findings. Before…
2Cited by1 opinion
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