Collner v. Greig
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE EOREST COUNTY. No. 34 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 17 February Term 1888, C. P. On February 1, 1888, William F. Collner brought ejectment against George W. Greig, and T. H. B. Patterson, assignee in bankruptcy of said George W. Greig, “ to enforce specific performance of an agreement for the sale of the undivided one fourth of three tracts of land situate in the township of Barnett.”
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APPEAL BY PLAINTIEE EROM THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS OE EOREST COUNTY. No. 34 October Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 17 February Term 1888, C. P. On February 1, 1888, William F. Collner brought ejectment against George W. Greig, and T. H. B. Patterson, assignee in bankruptcy of said George W. Greig, “ to enforce specific performance of an agreement for the sale of the undivided one fourth of three tracts of land situate in the township of Barnett.” Mr. Patterson was not served. Subsequently, J. H. Aikin, J. W. Bartlett and D. Steiner, were given leave to appear as defendants, and pleaded…
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We are clearly of opinion that the learned judge below was right in holding that the plaintiff had no higher rights than Finkbine, his grantor. The court has found, and we think correctly, that the real estate in controversy was firm property; and, as between the members of the firm and those who dealt with them, with knowledge of the facts, it was personal estate. As to a portion of it, the deeds were in the name of the firm; as to other portions, the title was in the' names of the individual members of the firm. The court below has found, however, that all of it was paid for by the firm,…
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