Weaver v. Sheeler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
EBBOB TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE CHESTEB COUNTY. No. 137 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 63 April Term 1886, C. P. On March 19, 1888, the record in Weaver v. Sheeler, 118 Pa. 634, a writ of error to a judgment in scire facias sur a mechanics’ lion, was remitted to tlie court below, with a judgment of reversal and a venire facias de novo awarded.
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EBBOB TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE CHESTEB COUNTY. No. 137 July Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 63 April Term 1886, C. P. On March 19, 1888, the record in Weaver v. Sheeler, 118 Pa. 634, a writ of error to a judgment in scire facias sur a mechanics’ lion, was remitted to tlie court below, with a judgment of reversal and a venire facias de novo awarded. At the second trial on March 24, 1888, the plaintiff, called in his own behalf, testified that liis business was that of a lumber dealer, and lie had furnished the lumber that went into the building described in the lien, at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Justice Williams :
It is conceded that the title to the tract of land in controversy in this case was, prior to 1885, in Knauer and Iveim. In May of that year Neall went upon the land with Knauer, made an examination of its surface, and secured what was a mere verbal refusal of the tract at a price then agreed upon. This refusal bound no one and gave Neall no title of any sort to the land. He began, however, to organize a corporation, which was called the Pennsylvania Granite Company, to purchase the land on the basis of his verbal arrangement with Knauer and to open and operate a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Weaver v. SheelerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
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