Northern Central Railway Co. v. Walworth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, Jan. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. York Co., Oct. T., 1898, No. 2, on bill in equity. Bill in equity for specific performance. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was the decree of the court sustaining demurrer to the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Green,
By the very explicit and plainly expressed terms of the writ*211ten contract in question in this case, the defendant Warren F. Walworth agreed to sell and deliver to the plaintiff, on or before the 25th day of June, 1898, certificates for 10,000 shares of the capital stock of the York Southern Railroad Company, and $142,000 of the five per cent bonds of the same company due in 1944. In consideration of the said sale and transfer the plaintiff agreed to pay to the vendor the sum of $160,000. There is not the least element of doubt or uncertainty as to what this contract…
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