Bell v. Clark
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, No. 66. Ejectment by Adeline Clark against James H. Bell and Mrs. L. Coulter to recover a tract of land situated in Robertson Township, Allegheny County. On'April 1st, 1870, Adeline Clark and her husband Benjamin made a deed for the premises to James PI. Bell.
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Error to the court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, No. 66. Ejectment by Adeline Clark against James H. Bell and Mrs. L. Coulter to recover a tract of land situated in Robertson Township, Allegheny County. On'April 1st, 1870, Adeline Clark and her husband Benjamin made a deed for the premises to James PI. Bell. On the 1st of July-of the same year, Bell and Mrs. Clark entered into an agreement under seal whereby the former agreed to sell to the latter the same premises for the consideration of $732.48 with interest payable in two years from the date of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
This was an action of ejectment brought by Adeline Clark, plaintiff below, against James H. Bell and Mrs. L. Coulter, defendants. The plaintiff’s title is founded on certain articles of agreement, dated July 1st, 1870,-by which the said James H. Bell covenanted, on payment of the sum of $732.48, within two years from the date of the said agreement, to convey by a good and sufficient deed, to Adeline Clark, the premises therein described, and in the meantime she was to have the possession thereof. This possession she seems to have maintained, by her tenants, until about four years before the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lessee of Minsker v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1798
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Dwyer v. WrightSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Johnston v. Glazier, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fulton County1921
- Morris v. ShakespeareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888