Stoever v. Stoever
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county. Jlssumpsit by the plaintiff below, Frederick Stoever, as well for himself as his creditors, against Tobias Stoever, the defendant below.
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IN ERROR. Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county. Jlssumpsit by the plaintiff below, Frederick Stoever, as well for himself as his creditors, against Tobias Stoever, the defendant below. The declaration stated in the first count, that on the 1st January, 1818, in Consideration that the plaintiff and his wife had, before that time, sold and conveyed to the said Tobias in fee simple, a certain lot of ground, with the buildings thereon situate, in the Borough of Lebanon, the defendant then an there undertook and faithfully promised to pay the plaintiff whatsoever sum of money the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error. There are two counts in the declaration, and a general verdict in favour of the plaintiff. The first states, that whereas, heretofore, on the 1st January, 1818, in consideration that'the said Frederickan^. Margaret his wife had, before that time, sold and conveyed to the said Tobias in fee simple, a certain lot of ground in the borough of Lebanon, he the said To-bias, then and there undertook and faithfully promised, -to pay the said Frederick,…
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