Moore v. Lessee of Bickham
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. This was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. In that court it was an ejectment for a tract of land, the title to which was in the defendants in error, and one Eromberger, by virtue of a sheriff’s deed in May 1788; hut the premises were subject to a mortgage, including this and other lands.
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In Error. This was a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county. In that court it was an ejectment for a tract of land, the title to which was in the defendants in error, and one Eromberger, by virtue of a sheriff’s deed in May 1788; hut the premises were subject to a mortgage, including this and other lands. In May, 1791, Quigley one of the defendants below, and under whom Moore claimed as tenant, purchased the tract in question from the agent of the lessors of the plaintiff and Promberger, and paid a small part of the purchase money as earnest; but whether he was to have a…
1Opinion of the CourtTilghman, C. J.
This is a writ of error to the Common Pleas of Northumberland county, founded on the opinion of the president of that court reduced to writing, and filed according to the act of assembly. The plaintiffs had sold to Christopher Quigley one of the defendants a tract of land, for which he had paid a small part of the consideration money, and entered into possession in the year 1791. In 1795, the agents of the plaintiffs tendered to Quigley a deed of conveyance, and demanded payment of the balance of the money. Quigley refused to accept the deed, in consequence of which, the plaintiffs considered…
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