Henderson v. Hays
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. This was an action of ejectment by Dr William Hays against John Henderson and Thomas Henderson, to enforce the specific execution of an agreement between John Henderson and Dr William Hays, by which the former sold to the latter one acre of ground.
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ERROR to the district court of Lancaster county. This was an action of ejectment by Dr William Hays against John Henderson and Thomas Henderson, to enforce the specific execution of an agreement between John Henderson and Dr William Hays, by which the former sold to the latter one acre of ground. During the trial fourteen bills of exception to the rejection of evidence were taken by the defendants, and as many points put to the court upon which to instruct the jury ; all of which resolved themselves into two questions. 1. Whether it was competent to give evidence for the defendant, that he…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Kennedy, J.
This was an action of ejectment brought in the district court of Lancaster county, by the defendant in error against *150the plaintiffs in error, to recover the possession of an acre of land, which John Henderson, one of the plaintiffs in error, had previously, by an article of agreement entered into with the defendant in error, agreed to sell and convey to him in fee simple, in consideration of 80 dollars; 40.dollars of which were paid at the time of executing the article of agreement, and the remaining 40 dollars tendered before commencing the…
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