Vankirk v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 97, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Greene Co., No. 84, in equity, dismissing bill in equity in case of Edward P. Vankirk and Elizabeth Vankirk v. James G. Patterson. Bill in equity to remove cloud on title.
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Appeal, No. 97, Oct. T., 1901, by plaintiffs, from decree of C. P. Greene Co., No. 84, in equity, dismissing bill in equity in case of Edward P. Vankirk and Elizabeth Vankirk v. James G. Patterson. Bill in equity to remove cloud on title. From the record it appeared that on July 6, 1899, plaintiffs, Edward P. Vankirk and Elizabeth Vankirk, his wife, entered into an agreement, under seal, with defendant, J. G. Patterson, to sell, and on acceptance of the option, to convey to defendant, his heirs or assigns, all of the coal of the Pittsburg or river vein in and under a tract of 201 acres of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill in equity, filed to cancel a recorded option for the sale of a tract of coal land; the recording of the option being a cloud on plaintiffs’ title.
The lack of an orderly statement of the findings of fact, by the court below, has rendered it difficult to ascertain clearly, what the force and effect of the findings were. We are satisfied, however, that the first assignment of error presents substantially the entire ground of controversy between the parties. It alleges that the court erred in its answer to the…
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