Minard v. Beans
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucles county: No. 347, to January Term 1870. This was an amicable action of covenant and case stated, in which Robert Beans was plaintiff and Orlando W. Minard defendant.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucles county: No. 347, to January Term 1870. This was an amicable action of covenant and case stated, in which Robert Beans was plaintiff and Orlando W. Minard defendant. The facts are the following :— The action was for interest under the following articles of agreement: “ Articles of agreement made this 9th day of March 1868, between Robert Beans of the one part, and Orlando W. Minard of the other part, showeth that the said Robert Beans doth hereby agree to sell and convey all the real estate belonging to him, situated, &c., also all the tools,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Thompson, C. J.
— We think the true interpretation of the agreement set forth in the case stated, leads to a different result from that arrived at in the court below.
A plain reading of its terms in regard to the payment of the purchase-money, seems to be all that is needed to show that the claim of the plaintiff for interest is unsupported.
The purchase-money was to be $25,000; besides3the down payment or hand-money, $5000 was to be paid on the 1st of April (ensuing the date of the articles); $4000 on or before the 1st of October 1868, the balance to…
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