Baird v. Lent
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Bradford county. Eli Baird against Tobias Lent. Ejectment for a tract of land, in which the following facts were stated to be considered in the nature of a special verdict.
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ERROR to the common pleas of Bradford county. Eli Baird against Tobias Lent. Ejectment for a tract of land, in which the following facts were stated to be considered in the nature of a special verdict. Rollin Wheeler contracted with V. Le Ray de Chaumont, by articles of agreement by which the said Wheeler agreed to pay the said Le Ray a stipulated sum in yearly payments, on the payment of which the said V. Le Ray was to make a deed of conveyance to said Wheeler of the premises. In pursuance of the contract, Wheeler went into possession of the land, and cleared thirty acres, and fenced and…
1Per curiam
A vendee by articles of agreement, has no equity against his vendor beyond the amount of the paid purchase-money; but against every one else he has an interest in- the bargain, enhanced, perhaps, by expenditure in improvements, which is a valuable one, aud which, being direct instead of incidental, may-, according to Morrow v. Breuizer, be bound by a judgment. The very right which he has to call for a conveyance on payment of purchase-money, or on other performance of his stipulations, would pass by his conveyance, and it is therefore inherent in the land. But if it would pass by his…
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