Dobkin v. Landsberg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 195, Jan. T., 1922, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1920, No. 3878, for plaintiffs on bill in equity, in case of Benjamin Dobkin, assignee of Harry Cylinder v. Frank Landsberg et ux. Bill for specific performance. Before Stern, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Decree for plaintiff. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,
Plaintiff, Benjamin Dobkin, sued in equity to compel specific performance of a written contract, wherein defendants agreed to sell, and one Harry Cylinder to purchase, a certain piece of real estate in the City of Philadelphia, for $7,000, payable thus: “$150 on the signing of this agreement....... and the balance......as follows —$3,000 by.retaining the existing first mortgage, and $3,850, in cash, at time of settlement.” The mortgage in question had been created some six years prior to the agreement of sale, and was secured by the personal bond of one…
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