Keefe v. Sholl
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 60, Jan. T., 1897, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1890, No. 460, refusing to take off nonsuit. Trespass for deceit. Before PennypackeE, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam,
In this action of trespass for deceit, alleged to have been practiced by defendant in connection with the sale of a certain tract of land, the statement of claim avers, among other things, that “ said defendant, by her agent and attorney in fact, one Abraham Rankin, then and there represented to the plaintiffs that *92the said tract of land contained three and twenty-four hundredths acres, and that the line thereof ran within six feet of the door of the Wheat Sheaf Hotel upon the adjoining premises, and included the hotel stables and shedding, and other valuable improvements; . . . .…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Freyer v. McCordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
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- Littler Et Ux. v. DunbarSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Janeczko v. ManheimerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1935
- Cohen v. BlankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986