Brinser v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
May Term, 1887, No. 12, M. D., before Gordon, Trunkey, Clark, Sterrett, and Green, JJ. Error to tbe Common Pleas of Dauphin County to review a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in an action of ejectment. This action was brought by Ohristianna Anderson, Amanda Harley and her husband, Samuel Harley, Mary Thomas and her husband, Samuel Thomas, and George Anderson, heirs of John Anderson, against Jonas Brinser, for a lot of ground in Portsmouth, Dauphin county.
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May Term, 1887, No. 12, M. D., before Gordon, Trunkey, Clark, Sterrett, and Green, JJ. Error to tbe Common Pleas of Dauphin County to review a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in an action of ejectment. This action was brought by Ohristianna Anderson, Amanda Harley and her husband, Samuel Harley, Mary Thomas and her husband, Samuel Thomas, and George Anderson, heirs of John Anderson, against Jonas Brinser, for a lot of ground in Portsmouth, Dauphin county. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The specifications of error were as follows: 1. The court erred in answer to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Clark:
It is agreed that John Snyder owned and died seised of the premises in dispute; both parties rely on this common source of title. The plaintiffs, on the one hand, are the heirs at law of John Anderson, deceased; who, they allege, in his lifetime, in the year 1857, purchased the premises under a parol contract from the heirs of John Snyder, then deceased; and their claim is that this parol contract has been so far in part executed as to render it unjust and inequitable to rescind the same. The defendant, on the other hand, claims under a regular executed conveyance…
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