Douglas v. Hustead
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 40, Oct. T., 1906, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., Feb. T., 1902, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John S. Douglas v. James M. Hustead et al. Ejectment for land in Greene township. Before CrawEORD, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 40, Oct. T., 1906, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., Feb. T., 1902, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of John S. Douglas v. James M. Hustead et al. Ejectment for land in Greene township. Before CrawEORD, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows: [You have learned, gentlemen of the jury, that if this second option was taken subject to the first, which seems to have been admitted here, and the parties who took this coal had notice of the option held by Mr. Douglas, it would be subject to that, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The legal title to the land that is the subject of this controversy was in one E. M. Peters; the actual ownership was in Peters, Henderson and Roby, who each held a one-third interest. Peters had given an option on his one-third to Henderson, who had assigned it to the plaintiff, John S. Douglas. Subsequently, on October 6, 1906, Douglas procured an option from Henderson and Roby for their interests. It is this latter option that concerns us in the present inquiry, since the action in the court below related only to the interests of Henderson and Roby. By the…
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