Rohr v. Kindt
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Columbia county. Nicholas Kindt- against Nancy Rohr. This was an action of covenant founded upon the following agreement: “Article of agreement, indented, made and concluded this 10th day of January 1840, between Nancy Rohr of the one part, and Nicholas Kindt of the other part, witnesseth, that the said Nancy Rohr doih, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, agree to make a clear deed for 10 acres of land, lying on Water street, thence…
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Columbia county. Nicholas Kindt- against Nancy Rohr. This was an action of covenant founded upon the following agreement: “Article of agreement, indented, made and concluded this 10th day of January 1840, between Nancy Rohr of the one part, and Nicholas Kindt of the other part, witnesseth, that the said Nancy Rohr doih, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, agree to make a clear deed for 10 acres of land, lying on Water street, thence south along Stiles’s lot and others far enough to take it in, the timber excepted on all except one acre, which acre is to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Rogers, J.
This is an action of covenant, for refusing to convey, according to contract, a lot of ground containing 10 acres. .The plaintiff gave the agreement in evidence, and then, as the measure of the damages, proved the value of the land, which was *565estimated by the witnesses to be worth from $25 to $30 per acre. The jury rendered a verdict for $300, valuing it at the highest estimate put upon it by the witnesses. And in this they are supported by the court, who appear to have been of the opinion that the value of the land was the only measure of…
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