McCune v. Scott
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 94, April T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of'C. P. Fayette Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. .242,'on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Adley C.'McCune v. Noah Scott. Assumpsit for a breach of general warranty.
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Appeal, No. 94, April T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of'C. P. Fayette Co., Sept. T., 1898, No. .242,'on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Adley C.'McCune v. Noah Scott. Assumpsit for a breach of general warranty. At the trial it appeared that on December 10, 1889, Noah Scott, the appellant, conveyed to A. C. McCune and H. M. Lytle the surface and timber of three contiguous tracts of land in Somerset county, containing in the aggregate 666 acres, for the consideration of $10,000. The deed contained a clause of general warranty. Ernest and Sarah J. Eifert subsequently brought an action…
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Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The defendant conveyed to the plaintiff and H. M. Lytle, as tenants in common, three contiguous tracts of land in Somerset county, containing 214 acres, 424 acres and twenty-six acres and sixty-seven perches respectively, for the consideration of $10,000, with covenant of general warranty. The Markleton Lumber Company, composed of the plaintiff and Lytle, removed the timber upon a portion of this land, containing sixty-seven acres, which was subsequently claimed by Ernest and Sarah J. Eifert who brought an action of trespass against them, claiming treble damages, in which…
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