Paul v. Shallcross
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This case came before the court on á writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, where it was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiffs in error, Joseph Paul and Jonathan Wainwright, executors of Thomas Paul, deceased, against John Shallcross and Joseph Wilsonthé defendants in error, to recover damages for the breach of a written agreement, dated the 17th of February, 1824, for the sale by the plaintiffs to' the defendants of certain…
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This case came before the court on á writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, where it was an action on the case, brought by the plaintiffs in error, Joseph Paul and Jonathan Wainwright, executors of Thomas Paul, deceased, against John Shallcross and Joseph Wilsonthé defendants in error, to recover damages for the breach of a written agreement, dated the 17th of February, 1824, for the sale by the plaintiffs to' the defendants of certain real estate. The cause was tried, and the jury found the following special verdict:— “ The jury find that the property…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the dourt was delivered by
Huston, J.
— This was a judgment on a special verdict. On the 17th of February, 1824, certain'property was sold in pursuance of an advertisement by the-'plaintiffs as executors. The.advertisement *330stated, that the conditions of sale would be made known at the time of the sale. They were as follows: — ■. ' •
“The conditions of the sale of the real estate of Thomas Paul, deceased, are, one-half of the purchase money-to he- paicl on the first day of April next,-the remainder to be paid on the 1st day of April, 1S25, with interest, to be secured by bond and…
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