Shaw v. Cornman
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 405, Jan. T., 1921, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Blair Co., March T., 1920, No. 220, on verdict for defendants on pleadings, in case of Alfred Shaw et al., executors of Edmund Shaw, deceased, v. Wm. E: Cornman et ux. Ejectment. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The plaintiff moved for judgment on the pleadings. The court entered judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Error assigned, among others, was judgment, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
Edmund Shaw died November 21,1919, and the executors named in his will, appellants here, instituted this action to recover the possession of a piece of land in Altoona, Pa. After filing a declaration and abstract of title, and defendants a plea and answer, in which they claimed the land through an agreement hereinafter mentioned, plaintiffs moved for judgment under the Act of June 7, 1915, because the memoranda did not constitute a written agreement for the sale of land enforceable at law. The court below entered judgment for defendants, subject to the payment of…
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