Henry v. Black
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 198, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1903, No. 585, dismissing bill in equity in case of D. F. Henry and Annie E. Henry, his wife, in right of Annie E. Henry, v. Sarah Black, The Union Realty Company, Robert J. Coylé, •Jr., Andrew W. Mellon and William Witherow. Bill in equity for specific performance. Before Shafer, J. Hearing on bill, answer and proofs.
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Appeal, No. 198, Oct. T., 1905, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. No. 2, Allegheny Co., July T., 1903, No. 585, dismissing bill in equity in case of D. F. Henry and Annie E. Henry, his wife, in right of Annie E. Henry, v. Sarah Black, The Union Realty Company, Robert J. Coylé, •Jr., Andrew W. Mellon and William Witherow. Bill in equity for specific performance. Before Shafer, J. Hearing on bill, answer and proofs. In addition to tbe fact as stated in tbe opinion of the Supreme Court the court below found that on June 5, 1903, two days before the expiration of the option, the appellant…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
When this case was before us a year ago it was on appeal from the decree of the court below sustaining the demurrer of the defendants. In reversing that decree our late Brother Dean set forth the material averments of the bill, admitted by the demurrer to be true. They were, in his words (210 Pa. 245) : “ That Sarah L. Black, one of the defendants, on January 7 and for years prior thereto was the owner in fee simple of a lot of ground on the corner of Smithfield street and Virgin al^r in the city of Pittsburg, known as the Hotel Duquesne property ; that plaintiffs…
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