Lord's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Abpeal of Alva I. Lord from the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county: In Equity: Of July Term, 1883, No. 27. Bill in equity between William Colbert and Franklin Holbert, surviving partners of the firm of Holberts & Branning’, complainants, and Mahlon McKinney and Alva I. Lord, defendants, praying a decree for the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of real estate to the complainants.
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Abpeal of Alva I. Lord from the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne county: In Equity: Of July Term, 1883, No. 27. Bill in equity between William Colbert and Franklin Holbert, surviving partners of the firm of Holberts & Branning’, complainants, and Mahlon McKinney and Alva I. Lord, defendants, praying a decree for the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of real estate to the complainants. The bill set out that on May 25, 1874, the defendant McKinney owned the land in question, besides certain personal property; and that plaintiffs held three judgments against him, amounting…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
This bill was filed on the 19th of December, 1877, for a decree of specific performance of an alleged oral contract made May 25,1874. It avers that McKinney owned the land, and certain personal property; that the plaintiffs held three judgments against him amounting to $3,400 with interest from November 3, 1871, and also a book account against him amounting to $204.65; that McKinney, by parol agreement,. sold and delivered said land to the plaintiffs in payment of said judgment, agreeing to convey the same whenever requested, and plaintiffs agreeing to satisfy said judgments upon such…
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