Legal Opinion
Chadwick v. Stokes
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 6, 1947No. 9231PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
The suit at bar is one for specific performance of a contract made on a Sunday for the sale of real estate situated in Pennsylvania. A motion to dismiss was granted at the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ evidence on the ground that since the contract was entered into on a Sunday, it was void ab initio under the Pennsylvania Sunday law. See Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, § 699.4, 18 P.S.Pa. § 4699.4. The inferences to be taken from the evidence therefore must be those most favorable to the plaintiffs. We will state only those facts which we deem necessary for the…
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