Wood v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In error from the Common Pleas of Chester. April 5, 6. Assumpsit to recover back part of the purchase-money paid by plaintiff to defendant. It appeared that one Annan entered into articles of agreement to sell Wood “ all that tract of land known as the Annan Farm” for a gross sum, “ the farm to be taken in a tract, be the same more or less, the lines to be run by the deeds and plot and made out as nearly as possible.” Wood entered into articles with Jones to sell him.
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In error from the Common Pleas of Chester. April 5, 6. Assumpsit to recover back part of the purchase-money paid by plaintiff to defendant. It appeared that one Annan entered into articles of agreement to sell Wood “ all that tract of land known as the Annan Farm” for a gross sum, “ the farm to be taken in a tract, be the same more or less, the lines to be run by the deeds and plot and made out as nearly as possible.” Wood entered into articles with Jones to sell him. “ the tract known as the Annan Farm, containing somewhere about four hundred and twelve acres, at $25 per acre — the land to…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnside, J.
The written evidence in this case demonstrates that Jones had no right to recover. The parol evidence supports that conclusion. In reviewing the case, I will not take up the multitude of errors assigned in detail, but state the •law arising on the prominent and material facts which the paper book exhibits. There is no material contradiction in the relevant evidence. The Rev. Robert Annan died seised of a farm, part in Chester and part in Lancaster county. His son and executor, Doctor Samuel Annan, of Baltimore, sold this farm on the 9th of August, 1838, to Wood, the plaintiff in error, for…
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