Thompson v. Craft
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 178, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Greene Co., No. 109, in Equity, 1906, dismissing bill in equity in case of Josiab V. Thompson v. John S. Craft, Administrator of B. L. Craft, deceased. Bill in equity for specific performance. Holt, P. J., specially presiding, found the facts to be as follows: FINDINGS OF FACT. First.
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Appeal, No. 178, Oct. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Greene Co., No. 109, in Equity, 1906, dismissing bill in equity in case of Josiab V. Thompson v. John S. Craft, Administrator of B. L. Craft, deceased. Bill in equity for specific performance. Holt, P. J., specially presiding, found the facts to be as follows: FINDINGS OF FACT. First. That on the 22d day of March, 1904, and for several years prior thereto, B. L. Craft was the owner and in possession of a certain tract of land situate in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, bounded by the lands of Jacob Haver and…
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Mr. Justice Stewart,
B. L. Craft, against whom the bill in this case was *133•filed, and whose legal representative since the former’s death has been made defendant, on the 22d of March, 1904, by sufficient instrument in writing, granted to one Flenniken an option on certain terms for the purchase of coal underlying a tract of land, of which he was the owner, containing 155 acres, and 61 perches, fully described in the grant, together with mining rights in connection therewith. The option was limited to fifteen days and was conditioned as follows: “In case Mrs. Craft refuses to sign deed…
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