Baum's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of McKean county: In Equity: Of January Term, 1885, No. 61. This was an appeal by B. W. Baum from a decree of said court dismissing a bill in equity in which he was plaintiff, and R. W. Evans and G. A. Berry were defendants.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of McKean county: In Equity: Of January Term, 1885, No. 61. This was an appeal by B. W. Baum from a decree of said court dismissing a bill in equity in which he was plaintiff, and R. W. Evans and G. A. Berry were defendants. The following are abstracts of the bill and answers : 1. That on the 9th day of May, A. d., 1877,1 entered into a contract with the defendant, R. W. Evans, for the purchase of a certain piece or parcel of land, situate in the township of Bradford, McKean county, Pennsylvania, which the said Evans agreed to convey to mo by a good and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thunkey
However much the parties may differ as to the terms of the parol contract made prior to May 9th, 1877, on that day, as averred in the answer, Evans executed the deed, and by agreement it was put into the hands of Berry as au escrow; and the -notes for the purchase money were also placed in the hands of said Berry, with the understanding that if the note first due should be paid at the expiration of ten days the deed should be delivered to Baum. This averment accords not only with the facts alleged in the bill respecting the final agreement, but with those found by'the Master. Among the facts…
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