Hughes v. Westmoreland Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county: Of October and November Term 1883, No. 51. Debt, by Martha M. Hughes against The Westmoreland Coal Company, to recover a balance of unpaid purchase money for coal in Westmoreland county. On the trial, before Hunter, P. J., the following facts appeared : The plaintiff had a life estate in certain coal under the will of her first husband.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland county: Of October and November Term 1883, No. 51. Debt, by Martha M. Hughes against The Westmoreland Coal Company, to recover a balance of unpaid purchase money for coal in Westmoreland county. On the trial, before Hunter, P. J., the following facts appeared : The plaintiff had a life estate in certain coal under the will of her first husband. In 1853 she was married a second time, to Rev. Watson Hughes who joined with her in a conveyance of this coal to William Larimer, Jr. The deed, dated August 31st 1853, was signed by Hughes and his wife…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
Although the objection to the question set forth in the first specification of error might well have been sustained, its allowance was harmless. The location of the ravine therein referred *212to was not in dispute, and it was proved and uncontroverted that there was a ravine on a part of the Fullerton tract, formed by the confluence of two smaller ones, each well-marked upon the ground. Which of these two ravines was intended by the parties to the contract, is the most important inquiry in this action. It arises under the following clause : “ For each acre of good merchantable coal contained in…
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