Daubert v. Pennsylvania R. R.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 100, July T., 1892, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Aug. T., 1887, No. 90, on verdict for plaintiff, John H. Daubert. Ejectment.
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Appeal, No. 100, July T., 1892, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Aug. T., 1887, No. 90, on verdict for plaintiff, John H. Daubert. Ejectment. At the trial, before Ermentrout, P. J., it appeared that, on Jan. 13, 1885, plaintiff entered into an agreement under seal with defendant, which was as follows : “I, John H. Daubert, of Weatherly, Carbon county, and state of Pennsylvania, for and in consideration of the advantages to be derived from the location and construction of the railroad hereinafter mentioned, and of the sum of one dollar to me in hand paid by The Reading &…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam:,
In response to plaintiff’s testimony in chief, the defendant gave in evidence the agreement of January 30, 1885, between plaintiff and the Reading & Pottsville Railroad Co., in connection with agreement of consolidation and merger, October 7, 1885, between that company and the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad Co., and also lease of last named company, December 1,1885, to the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., defendant, for all said lessor’s railroads, etc., in the counties of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Berks and Schuylkill, duly recorded, etc., and then rested.
It was…
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