Taylor v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the district court of York county. Ejectment. Benjamin and Isaac Taylor against John Taylor. Peter Dinkle, being seised in fee of the land in dispute, conveyed the same to Jacob Keller: on the same day, Keller executed a bond in the penalty of 400 dollars, conditioned, upon the payment of the money to Dinkle by Benjamin and Joseph Taylor, that he would convey to them.
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ERROR to the district court of York county. Ejectment. Benjamin and Isaac Taylor against John Taylor. Peter Dinkle, being seised in fee of the land in dispute, conveyed the same to Jacob Keller: on the same day, Keller executed a bond in the penalty of 400 dollars, conditioned, upon the payment of the money to Dinkle by Benjamin and Joseph Taylor, that he would convey to them. Joseph did then pay 50 dollars of the purchase money, and he and Benjamin, with Keller as their security, gave bonds to Dinkle for the residue. Keller, in order to divest himself of the trust, conveyed to Mills Hays,…
1Per curiam
Benjamin and Joseph Taylor purchased the pre. *358mjses from Dinkle and gave bond for the purchase money, 50 dollars of which were actually paid by Joseph. Dinkle conveyed the title to Keller,-who gave bond to the purchasers to convey to them on payment being made by them to Dinkle. Keller wishing to leave the country and get rid of the trust, conveyed to Hays on the same trusts, who conveyed, not exactly to the original purchasers, but to Benjamin and Isaac Taylor; shortly after which, Joseph who had been present at the conveyance to Isaac, and made no objection to it, delivered up Keller’s bond…
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