Seidenbender v. Charles's administrators
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. the contract on which the suit was brought. IN the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, from which this case was brought, by writ of error, a ment of the facts, upon which the merits of the controversy rested, was agreed upon by the administrators of Joseph Charles, who were plaintiffs below, and the defendants, to be considered as a special verdict, and judgment, without prejudice to either party, was to be entered upon it, against Christian Stoner, one of…
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In Error. the contract on which the suit was brought. IN the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county, from which this case was brought, by writ of error, a ment of the facts, upon which the merits of the controversy rested, was agreed upon by the administrators of Joseph Charles, who were plaintiffs below, and the defendants, to be considered as a special verdict, and judgment, without prejudice to either party, was to be entered upon it, against Christian Stoner, one of the defendants, Christian Seidenbender, the other, having gone off. The object was to obtain a speedy decision by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Judges this day delivered their opinions seriatim.
Tilghman C. J.
This is an action brought on a promissory note given by Seidenbender and Stoner to Joseph Charles deceased, for one hundred and thirty dollars, to be paid, “ on the delivery of a deed in fee simple to the drawers of the note, for such lot of land as shall be drawn against certificate No. 102, purchased by them in the town of Blue Rock, on the eastern bank of the Susquehanna river.” The defendants contend, that they are not bound-to pay this note, because it was given on an illegal consideration, to wit,-on the purchase of a…
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