Stewart v. Trimble
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 131, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 262, on verdict for defendant in case of Charles H. Stewart v. James Trimble. Assumpsit on a due bill.
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Appeal, No. 131, Oct. T., 1900, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 262, on verdict for defendant in case of Charles H. Stewart v. James Trimble. Assumpsit on a due bill. Before Audenried, J. At the trial when the plaintiff was called as for cross-examination the defendant’s counsel proposed to prove by him that the due bill for which suit is brought represents part of the purchase price paid by Mr. Trimble, or agreed to be paid by Mr. Trimbie, for a house and lot purchased from Mr. Stewart, the plaintiff; that Mr. Stewart’s agent, George G. Brooke,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
William W. Porter, J.,
The defendant, by written agreement made in January, 1898, purchased from the plaintiff and his partner a lot of ground. Settlement was agreed to be made on April 10, 1898. On the land was a house in process of construction. The written agreement refers to the land as “ the middle lot of three lots on the property of the Robert Stewart estate, recently built upon by the parties of the first part,” etc. The only stipulation in the agreement respecting the house is, “ The house on the above described lot to be completed before date of settlement.” The defendant…
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