Lehman v. Given
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 299, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., non obstante veredicto. Assumpsit on a contract in writing. Before Biddle, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 299, Jan. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Cumberland Co., non obstante veredicto. Assumpsit on a contract in writing. Before Biddle, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows: [In ease you find in favor of the plaintiff, the verdict should be in dollars and cents for the value of seventy-seven and a half acres at $5.00 per acre, which is the price Mr. Lehman paid for the land, namely: for three hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($387.50), with interest from October 31, 1894, which is the date on…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
On the 15th of June, 1879, Sarah H. Given, the decedent, conveyed with covenants of general warranty four hundred and eighty-four acres of land to George W. Paxton for the consideration or sum of $4,000, and on the 8th of March, 1880, Paxton conveyed three hundred and five acres of the same to J. C. Lehman for $5.00 per acre. Lehman, in part payment of the land he bought of Paxton, gave his note to the latter for $720, and Paxton transferred the note to Mrs. Given on account of the purchase money due from him to her. Before the note matured it was known to…
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