Latta v. Hax
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 81, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 5, dismissing bill in equity in case of William Latta v. C. C. Hax. Bill in equity for specific performance. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The bill in this case was by the vendee for the specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. The defendant agreed in writing to sell the plaintiff a lot in Allegheny City, clear of all incumbrances, for $2,250. In 1891 the lot was owned by Margaret Lenaghan, who mortgaged it to a building association. She died in 1896 and the title to the lot became vested under her will in her husband," Peter Lenaghan. The charter of the building association expired in 1896 and *485was not extended. In 1897 judgment was obtained in a proceeding on the mortgage, in the name…
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