Kramer v. Dinsmore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 96, Oct. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Sarah Kramer, from decree of O. P. Jefferson Co., May T., 1889, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity filed against M. J. Dinsmore et al., trading as the Mahoning Bank. Bill to enforce specific performance of contract to convey land.
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Appeal, No. 96, Oct. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Sarah Kramer, from decree of O. P. Jefferson Co., May T., 1889, No. 2, dismissing bill in equity filed against M. J. Dinsmore et al., trading as the Mahoning Bank. Bill to enforce specific performance of contract to convey land. The ease was referred to J. A. Scott as master, from whose report it appeared that in 1885 the Mahoning Bank, a partnership composed of a large number of shareholders, held several judgments against George Kramer, one of the original shareholders of the bank and husband of complainant. Execution had been issued on these…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Heydrick,
The undisputed facts reported by the master entitle the plaintiff to the relief which she demands. It is not now a question whether Judge White had authority to make the contract out of which this controversy has grown. He undertook to make it “for and in behalf of the Mahoning Bank.” It stipulated for certain advantages to the banking association which he as*272sumed, if he was not authorized, to represent. These advantages, whatever they may have been worth, have all been reaped by the bank. The rules to show cause why its judgments against George Kramer should…
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