Hain v. Martin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Dauphin county. This was an action of ejectment by Marcus Martin’s executor against Daniel Hain and others, to compel the payment of purchase money. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. whom the court declined to hear.
1Opinion of the CourtSergeant, J.
Ejectment for two separate tracts of land, one of one hundred and sixteen acres arable land, the other ninety-eight acres mountain land. General appearance and plea of not guilty.
The plaintiff deduced title from the commonwealth down to his intestate Marcus Martin. The defendants set up title to the one hundred and sixteen acre tract under an article of agreement of the 31st of December 1808, between Marcus Martin and John Foust for the sale of the two tracts to Foust, and the purchase of Foust’s right in the one hundred and sixteen acre tract by Daniel Hain (whose heir was John Hain the…
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