Friend v. Lamb
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 277, Oct. T., 1892, by-plaintiff, Harry T. Friend, from decree of G. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March Term, 1891, No. 991, in favor of defendant, Martha E. Lamb et al. Bill in equity for specific performance.
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Appeal, No. 277, Oct. T., 1892, by-plaintiff, Harry T. Friend, from decree of G. P. No. 1, Allegheny County, March Term, 1891, No. 991, in favor of defendant, Martha E. Lamb et al. Bill in equity for specific performance. The bill averred that plaintiff was owner of a certain piece of land in Braddock township, Allegheny county, Pa., containing seventy acres, subject to two leases, expiring April 1, 1891, to James Hamilton, a stone lease at fifteen cents a perch on all stone taken out; and to Samuel McKelvey, a farm lease at a rental of $250 per year. That by an article of agreement dated…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
We are of opinion that the learned court below, rather than the master, adjudged correctly the facts and law of the present contention. It is not a case of mere legal right and is not dependent solely upon principles which control the determination of causes of that character. The proceeding is by bill in equity, and the relief sought is the specific performance of a contract for the sale of a tract of land for the price of fifty thousand dollars. The defendant against whom the contract is proposed to be enforced is a married woman, and as only five thousand…
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