Strasser v. Steck
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 26, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from, judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1902, No. 405, on verdict for plaintiff in case of L. S. Strasser v. Amos Steck. Assumpsit to recover on a contract of sale.
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Appeal, No. 26, Oct. T., 1906, by defendant, from, judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1902, No. 405, on verdict for plaintiff in case of L. S. Strasser v. Amos Steck. Assumpsit to recover on a contract of sale. Before Evans, J. From the record it appeared that the contract between the two parties was as follows: “ This optional agreement, made February 21,1901, between L. S. Strasser, of New Kensington, Westmoreland'county, Pennsylvania, party of the first part, and Amos Steck, of Pitts-burg, Pennsylvania, party of the second part, “ Witnesseth : That said party of the first…
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Mr. Justice Elkin,
If the agreement entered into between the parties to this action was a contract for the sale of land, the judgment must be reversed ; if'it was a contract for the sale of options, the case was properly disposed of in the court below. Prior to February 21,1901, when the contract in question was made, appellee had procured options from fifteen landowners giving him the right to elect to purchase the coal underlying their respective properties within certain limits and at certain fixed prices. In addition to the optioned coal, he owned or controlled a couple of…
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