Sweeney v. M'Culloch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
WRIT of error to Butler county. This was an action of covenant by Michael Sweeney against John M’Culloch, on articles of agreement for the sale of a tract of land, containing two hundred acres, by the defendant to the plaintiff. The breach assigned was, that the defendant had not made a good title to the plaintiff for the land which he agreed to sell and convey.
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WRIT of error to Butler county. This was an action of covenant by Michael Sweeney against John M’Culloch, on articles of agreement for the sale of a tract of land, containing two hundred acres, by the defendant to the plaintiff. The breach assigned was, that the defendant had not made a good title to the plaintiff for the land which he agreed to sell and convey. To support the issue on his part, after having given in evidence the covenant, the plaintiff exhibited a warrant for the land in the name of William Campbell, dated the 3d of February 1794; and proved that it had been executed by a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This was an action of covenant, brought by Michael Sweeney against John M’Culloch, for the non performance of a contract, in not giving him a good and sufficient title to two hundred acres of land, sold by the defendant to the plaintiff. Sweeney gave *346in evidence a warrant dated the 3d of February 1794, in the name of William Campbell. Also the entry book of John Moore of the date of the 3d of October 1794, showing a warrant in the name of William Campbell. He also proved by the testimony of John Parker, who was a deputy surveyor under John…
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