Cronister v. Cronister
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Adams county. William Patterson, executor of Henry Cronister, against John Cronister. This was an action of debt upon a bond, dated the 10th of February 1816, for the payment of $20 on the 1st of April 1839. The defendant gave the following evidence: Agreement made and concluded upon this 5th day of September 1814, between Henry Cronister, of Reading township, Adams county, and State of Pennsylvania, of the one part, and John Cronister of the…
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Adams county. William Patterson, executor of Henry Cronister, against John Cronister. This was an action of debt upon a bond, dated the 10th of February 1816, for the payment of $20 on the 1st of April 1839. The defendant gave the following evidence: Agreement made and concluded upon this 5th day of September 1814, between Henry Cronister, of Reading township, Adams county, and State of Pennsylvania, of the one part, and John Cronister of the same place, county and state aforesaid, of the other part, witnesseth that the said Henry for and in consideration of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
The defendant, in September 1814, contracted, by article of agreement, to buy of his father, at $26.67 per acre, a tract of land adjoining lands of Deardorff and others, containing, according to a late survey, 32 acres and 61 perches, and was allowed to retain the sum of $266.67, the hand-money, without interest, till a final settlement should be made of his father’s estate, the residue to be paid in gales of $20 on the 1st of April yearly. The father agreed to make a clear patent deed on his son’s giving obligations for the yearly gales.…
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