Null v. Fries
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of 'Westmoreland county: Of October and November Term 1885, No. 153. Ejectment, by Jesse Fries against Joseph Null and Hester, his wife, William M. Null and W. J'. Shawley to recover possession of a tract of land containing one hundred and ninety acres of land, situate in the township of East Huntingdon. Plea, Not guilty.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of 'Westmoreland county: Of October and November Term 1885, No. 153. Ejectment, by Jesse Fries against Joseph Null and Hester, his wife, William M. Null and W. J'. Shawley to recover possession of a tract of land containing one hundred and ninety acres of land, situate in the township of East Huntingdon. Plea, Not guilty. On the trial, before Blair, P. J., of the Fortieth Judicial District, it was agreed that a valid title to the land in dispute was vested in Joseph Null on March 1st, 1869. Plaintiff claimed title from said Joseph Null by virtue of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
It is entirely undisputed that the conveyance by F. M. Null, Jr., to Jesse Fries of the tract of 190 acres of land was made in consideration of an indebtedness the amount of which as agreed upon by the parties at the time was $11,650.88. All of this but $1,059.17 was evidenced by judgment bonds and *527notes upon which judgments had been entered. When the deed for the land was executed and delivered Fries surrendered his securities and satisfied all the judgments of record. Undoubtedly he did by this act extinguish the indebtedness due to him by Null. This being so, it must be conceded that the…
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