Biddle v. Moore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. June 10. This was an ejectment by Biddle, to enforce by a conditional verdict, as stated in a written offer filed on tbe trial, the payment of certain debts due by himself and his vendee, John Moore, under whom defendants claimed, which, on dissolution of the partnership between them, Moore had agreed to pay; and also to enforce payment of the purchase money due under the articles.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Cumberland county. June 10. This was an ejectment by Biddle, to enforce by a conditional verdict, as stated in a written offer filed on tbe trial, the payment of certain debts due by himself and his vendee, John Moore, under whom defendants claimed, which, on dissolution of the partnership between them, Moore had agreed to pay; and also to enforce payment of the purchase money due under the articles. The property claimed in the suit consisted of the Big Pond Furnace estate, which had been vested in Moore & Biddle, as tenant's in common • and a right to dig…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, J.
This is an action of ejectment, to recover the undivided half part of several tracts of land, composing the Big Pond Furnace, &c,, containing about five thousand acres, and also for the ore bank, or right to take ore exclusively on a certain tract of land purchased by the plaintiff from Abraham Seevers. Plea, not guilty. Paul Martin, one of the purchasers at a sheriff’s sale of the lands sold as the property of John Moore, admitted as defendant.
The following facts contain a general outline of the case. John Moore and Edward M. Biddle entered into partnership in certain iron-works in the…
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- Brown v. MetzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1836
- Coolbaugh v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1822
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- Hesser v. SteinerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
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