Lessee of Minsker v. Morrison
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The plaintiff claimed under articles of agreement between the parties, dated 22d January 1794. The defendant thereby granted, bargained and sold to Minsker and Bale, a tract of 160 acres of land and allowance, in Londonderry township, with the grain then in the ground, in consideration of 430k, whereof 30k was to be paid down, and bonds with good security to be given for the residue; viz. 200k payable on the 1st April 1794, 100k on the 1st April 1895, with interest from the…
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The plaintiff claimed under articles of agreement between the parties, dated 22d January 1794. The defendant thereby granted, bargained and sold to Minsker and Bale, a tract of 160 acres of land and allowance, in Londonderry township, with the grain then in the ground, in consideration of 430k, whereof 30k was to be paid down, and bonds with good security to be given for the residue; viz. 200k payable on the 1st April 1794, 100k on the 1st April 1895, with interest from the 1st April 1794, and 100k on the 1st April 1796, with like interest. The defendant covenanted on execution of the bonds…
1Opinion of the CourtTeates, J.
That case, as far as I can recollect, was very differently circumstanced. There the great question was, whether a prior voluntary deed from a father-in-law, or subsequent articles of agreement with a third person, with the knowledge of the son-in-law, should be carried into execution. A complete tender of the money due under the articles, and also of bonds with satisfactory security for the residue was proved, before the commencement of the suit. The payment of the money into court was not insisted on by the adverse counsel, though it was expressly stated in the charge that it ought to have…
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