Du Bois v. Baum
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the Common Pleas of Clearfield county. This was a second trial of the case reported in 7 Wright 260, the judgment of the court below having been reversed, and a venire de novo awarded. Eor a full statement of the facts of the case (which are very voluminous), the is reader is referred to the report above mentioned.
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Error, to the Common Pleas of Clearfield county. This was a second trial of the case reported in 7 Wright 260, the judgment of the court below having been reversed, and a venire de novo awarded. Eor a full statement of the facts of the case (which are very voluminous), the is reader is referred to the report above mentioned. The second trial was conducted by the court below, on the legal principles enunciated by this court in reviewing and reversing the former judgment, and resulted in a verdict and judgment in favour of the defendants. The plaintiff thereupon sued out this writ, assigning…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, February 29th 1864, by
Strong, J.
The record .of this case has been once before under review in this court. It was then held that the plaintiff had no right to the possession of the land under his contract with Leonard, the agent of the owner. He might have obtained a right to the possession by paying or tendering the purchase-money within a reasonable time, and demanding a conveyance. Not having done that, any entry by him upon the land was unlawful. Unless there was something more than his agreement with Batdorf the owner, through Leonard, it was…
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