Seitzinger v. Ridgway
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Schuylkill county. This was an action of ejectment by Thomas S. Ridgway against Jacob W. Seitzinger and others, to recover the possession of a tract of land containing ninety-nine acres and eighty perches, which the plaintiff had purchased, by articles of agreement from Conrad Keim, and which the said Keim subsequently sold to the defendants.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Schuylkill county. This was an action of ejectment by Thomas S. Ridgway against Jacob W. Seitzinger and others, to recover the possession of a tract of land containing ninety-nine acres and eighty perches, which the plaintiff had purchased, by articles of agreement from Conrad Keim, and which the said Keim subsequently sold to the defendants. This action was brought to enforce a specific execution of the following contract between Conrad Keim and Thomas S. Ridgway: “ For a valuable consideration, which I acknowledge to have received, I do hereby bind myself, my…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kennedv, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought by Thomas S. Ridgway, the defendant in error, as plaintiff in the court below, against Jacob W. Seitzinger, Samuel P. Wetherill, Charles Wetherill, William P. Wetherill, Rebecca Gumbes, and Philip Deal, to recover the possession of a lot of land containing ninety-nine acres and eighty perches,which he claimed under an agreement made with Conrad Keim, owner at the time of the land, for the purchase of it. The defendants below claimed the land by a purchase and deed of conveyance from Keim, made…
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