Krumbhaar v. Birch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1877, No. 62. Covenant by R. DeWitt Birch against L. Ramsey Krumbhaar, on an agreement elated August 3d 1871, by which the former sold to- the latter all his right, title and interest in certain chattels, machinery, &c., and in certain letters patent for the manufacture of copperas, “ so far as the same relates to Philadelphia and adjoining counties, and the city of Camden.”
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 3, of Philadelphia county: Of January Term 1877, No. 62. Covenant by R. DeWitt Birch against L. Ramsey Krumbhaar, on an agreement elated August 3d 1871, by which the former sold to- the latter all his right, title and interest in certain chattels, machinery, &c., and in certain letters patent for the manufacture of copperas, “ so far as the same relates to Philadelphia and adjoining counties, and the city of Camden.” The purchase-money ivas $4680, payable in weekly instalments of $30. Weekly payments were made to the amount of $2970, up to September…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This action was to recover for property sold by Birch to the plaintiff in error. By writing under seal the former sold “all his right, title and interest in and to” certain goods, chattels and fixtures, and also “in and to the letters patent,” * * * “for an improvement in the manufacture of copperas,” * * * “ so far as the same relates to the city of Philadelphia and adjoining counties, and city of Camden, in the state of New Jersey.”
All the assignments of error are to the rejection of evidence offered by way of defence. We do not discover any merit in the first three assignments. Birch sold…
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