Weaver v. Sides
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, Oct. T., 1906, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Indiana Co., June T., 1903, No. 219, on verdict for plaintiff in case of J. H. Weaver v. John Sides and Matilda A. Sides, his wife, and Ann Barnes. Ejectment for land in Green township. Before Patton, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 53, Oct. T., 1906, by-defendants, from judgment of C. P. Indiana Co., June T., 1903, No. 219, on verdict for plaintiff in case of J. H. Weaver v. John Sides and Matilda A. Sides, his wife, and Ann Barnes. Ejectment for land in Green township. Before Patton, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows : [As we construe this agreement, the first thing that was necessary for Mr. Sides to do was, as the article says, “ present to Mr. Weaver a good and sufficient deed, clear of all incumbrances.” If that had…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of ejectment brought by J. H. Weaver, the plaintiff, and the appellee here, against the defendants, the appellants here, to recover the coal underlying 150 acres of land in Green township, Indiana county, which John Sides and his wife sold the plaintiff by a contract in writing dated March 21, 1901. The right of the plaintiff to recover turns upon the proper construction of the agreement. The' parts of the contract involved in this controversy are as follows: “ The said parties of the first part (John Sides and wife) hereby bargain and sell…
2Cited by1 opinion
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