Wise v. Walker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster County to review a judgment on a verdict for the defendant in an action of assnmpsit. At the trial before PatteksoN, J., the following facts appeared : On October 8, 1884, Joseph C. Walker and Henry Wise entered into articles of agreement under seal, for the sale and purchase of a farm in Sadsbnry township, containing 122 acres and 31 perches.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Lancaster County to review a judgment on a verdict for the defendant in an action of assnmpsit. At the trial before PatteksoN, J., the following facts appeared : On October 8, 1884, Joseph C. Walker and Henry Wise entered into articles of agreement under seal, for the sale and purchase of a farm in Sadsbnry township, containing 122 acres and 31 perches. Walker covenanted and agreed that he would, 'on or before April 1, 1885, at the cost of Wise, “his heirs and assigns, by such deeds of conveyance as he or they, or his or their counsel, learned in the law, shall…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam:
This suit was brought by the administrators of the equitable vendee, against the vendor. The heirs of the vendee are not a party to this action, and their interest in the land is not shown to have been legally devested by any evidence before us. It follows that there was no error in rejecting the evidence offered, and i in ordering the nonsuit, and in refusing to take it off.
Judgment affirmed.
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