Davey v. Ruffell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 228, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, C. Wesley Ruffell, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., in favor of plaintiff, Charles Davey, on case stated. Case stated. The case stated was as follows : “ On Nov. 27,1893, Charles Davey agreed to sell to C. Wesley Ruffell a vacant lot of ground in the city of Philadelphia.
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Appeal, No. 228, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, C. Wesley Ruffell, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., in favor of plaintiff, Charles Davey, on case stated. Case stated. The case stated was as follows : “ On Nov. 27,1893, Charles Davey agreed to sell to C. Wesley Ruffell a vacant lot of ground in the city of Philadelphia. “ Subsequently, in fulfillment of this contract, Charles Davey tendered to C. Wesley Ruffell a deed in the usual form, duly executed and acknowledged before Christopher Fallon, duly commissioned a notary public for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to reside in Wayne,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
The important facts in this case are few. They have been relieved of all uncertainty by the agreement of the parties embodied in the case stated. The legal questions raised by them relate to the construction and effect of the act of assembly of May 19, 1893, P. L. 108.
Prior to the passage of that act we had a system for the acknowledgment of deeds and mortgages, and for recording the same, which was the outgrowth of more than one hundred years of experience and legislation. It was well understood by the public, and titles were made under its provisions with ease…
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