Mahaffey v. Ferguson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 93, July T., 1892, by plaintiff, David T. Mahaffey, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1889, No. 198, on verdict lor defendant, P. J. Ferguson. Feigned issue to determine validity of judgment for purchase money for real estate. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 93, July T., 1892, by plaintiff, David T. Mahaffey, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., Dec. T., 1889, No. 198, on verdict lor defendant, P. J. Ferguson. Feigned issue to determine validity of judgment for purchase money for real estate. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows : “ [If you believe from the evidence that Mahaffey warranted to the Bittings, or the defendant, Ferguson, at the meeting on June 4, 1886, that the facts would be as Marsh would state them, and that Marsh did state to the Bittings that the lines and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Thompson,
On May 11, 1886, the appellant being the owner of seven tracts of timber land* containing about 2,800 acres, entered into an agreement with the appellee for their sale for the sum of $10,900. Before this agreement was made, the agents of the appellee with the agent of the appellant visited the lands on several occasions for the purpose of examining them with a view to their purchase for the prop timber upon them. The result of these examinations was this agreement for their purchase. On June 4, 1886, a meeting took place at Lock Haven for the purpose of…
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