Reitenbaugh v. Ludwick
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an ejectment brought by George Ludwick against Adam Reitenbaugh and James Torbut, for a tract of about fifteen acres of land in the Twenty-fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia. The plaintiff had a regular paper title to the land ; the defendant, Adam Reitenbaugh, claimed under the plaintiff by deed of the 12th April 1844. James Torbut was the tenant of Reitenbaugh.
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Certificate from the Court of Nisi Prius. This was an ejectment brought by George Ludwick against Adam Reitenbaugh and James Torbut, for a tract of about fifteen acres of land in the Twenty-fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia. The plaintiff had a regular paper title to the land ; the defendant, Adam Reitenbaugh, claimed under the plaintiff by deed of the 12th April 1844. James Torbut was the tenant of Reitenbaugh. It appeared on the trial, that in 1844, the plaintiff, being the owner of the land in question, and being embarrassed in his circumstances, applied to Thomas S. Cavender, a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Thompson, J.
This was an ejectment for 19J acres of land in Blockley township, in the county of Philadelphia, brought by *138George Ludwick against Adam Reitenbaugh. The main controversy grew out of certain writings between the parties, dated the 12th of April 1844; the one, a deed by Ludwick and wife to Reitenbaugh, for the premises in question; and the other, an agreement by Reitenbaugh to reconvey the property to Ludwick on his paying the sum of $512,080, with interest, expenses, &c., after deducting rents, within six years. This agreement, although…
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