Schotte v. Meredith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1896, No. 160, on verdict for defendant. Assumpsit upon an agreement to sell land. Before Rayburn, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
Read the full summary
Appeal, No. 3, Oct. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., June T., 1896, No. 160, on verdict for defendant. Assumpsit upon an agreement to sell land. Before Rayburn, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. When John W. Rohrer, a witness for plaintiff, was on the stand, he was asked this question in chief: “ Q. State if F. G. Schotte' knew of this mortgage of John Gilpin, which is entered against him for $1,425.” Mr. Reynolds, of counsel for defendant: We object to that as incompetent and irrelevant, more particularly irrelevant. Mr. Patton, of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
This is an action of assumpsit on a contract between C. T. Schotte and F. G. Schotte by which the former, on February 23, Í88G, agreed, in consideration of $1.00 in hand paid and $2,000 payable at any time within ten years from April 1, 1886, with interest at six per cent, to convey to the latter, his heirs and assigns, on or before the last mentioned date, in fee simple and clear of all incumbrances, his undivided one-third interest in *163tbe farm commonly known as Humboldt farm, and in all the personal property then on said farm, including stock, grain,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Schotte v. MeredithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
- Wilson v. PearlSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Schotte v. MeredithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Epstein v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County1976