Tinstman v. Croushore
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county : Of October and November Term 1883, No. 46. Debt, by H. Croushorb, M. L. Painter and J. B. Blyholder, administrators of the estate of Israel Painter, deceased, against A. O. Tinstman. Pleas, payment with leave, etc., and set-off.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county : Of October and November Term 1883, No. 46. Debt, by H. Croushorb, M. L. Painter and J. B. Blyholder, administrators of the estate of Israel Painter, deceased, against A. O. Tinstman. Pleas, payment with leave, etc., and set-off. On the trial, before Hunter, P. J., the following facts appeared : Daniel Felgar owned a tract of land in Westmoreland county, and by agreement dated June 16th 1879, he gave an option to his son William B. Felgar to purchase the same. Israel Painter, the plaintiff’s intestate, by agreement with Wil•liam B.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered November 5th 1883, by
Green, J.
This action -was founded upon a contract between Israel Painter and A. O. Tinstman. Painter having died, his administrators brought the suit. They alone were plaintiffs and Tinstman alone was deíendañt. By the terms of the contract Tinstman was to pay Painter thirteen thousand dollars in consideration of Painter’s transfer to Tinstman of all his interest in certain coal and land which had been acquired by Painter from W. B. Felgar, who had acquired the same by agreement of purchase from Daniel Felgar. A large part of the…
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