Norris v. Crowe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 277, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 901, dismissing bill in equity in case of Isaac Norris v. James Crowe and the Ninth United Presbyterian Congregation of Philadelphia. Bill in equity to cancel an agreement in writing under seal.
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Appeal, No. 277, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1900, No. 901, dismissing bill in equity in case of Isaac Norris v. James Crowe and the Ninth United Presbyterian Congregation of Philadelphia. Bill in equity to cancel an agreement in writing under seal. On demurrer, Willson, J., filed the following opinion: On December 7, 1866, Charles Norris et al., trustees of the Fairhill estate, and Samuel Norris, made a conveyance to James Crowe of a certain lot of ground situate on the west side of Hancock street and south side of Susquehanna avenue,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
In this appeal appellee has given us no aid by filing a paper-book and we are left to dispose of the issue by the presentation of appellant’s side of it and on the carefully considered opinion of the learned judge of the court below. The facts are about as follows: On December 7, 1866, the trustees of the Norris estate conveyed to Rev. James Crowe, minister of the Ninth Presbyterian congregation of Philadelphia, a lot of ground on the corner of Hancock street and Susquehanna avenue, reserving thereout a yearly six per cent ground rent of $340. After-wards, in 1893,…
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