Christy v. Sill
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 200. Ejectment by the heirs of William Sill against the Pittsburgh Savings Bank and others. William Sill, the ancestor of plaintiffs, was the owner of the property in dispute prior to April 1863. It was sold at April term of that year by the sheriff, on a judgment against William Sill to Elisha Beale for $9300, to whom a deed was made.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 2, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1880, No. 200. Ejectment by the heirs of William Sill against the Pittsburgh Savings Bank and others. William Sill, the ancestor of plaintiffs, was the owner of the property in dispute prior to April 1863. It was sold at April term of that year by the sheriff, on a judgment against William Sill to Elisha Beale for $9300, to whom a deed was made. Beale and wife conveyed to Jake Hill, on the 30th of March 1864, for an alleged consideration'of $10,000, and the deed was recorded June 18th 1864. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
It was not denied that the facts found by the jury in their special verdict constitute-a clear case of fraud; that by reason of said fraud Jake Hill acquired no title that he can set up as against the heirs of William Sill, and that those claiming under Hill not being bona fide purchasers without notice, stand in no better position. The defendants, however, set up the Act of 22d of April 1856, as a bar to the plaintiff’s recovery. The sixth section of said act pro*384vides that “ no right of entry shall accrue or action be maintained for a specific performance of any contract for the sale of any…
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