Freed v. Richey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county : Of January Term, 1887, No. 219. Assumpsit by Robert Freed against John Richey to recover the purchase money, $1,100, of a house and lot, which the defendant verbally promised to pay the plaintiff.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county : Of January Term, 1887, No. 219. Assumpsit by Robert Freed against John Richey to recover the purchase money, $1,100, of a house and lot, which the defendant verbally promised to pay the plaintiff. On the trial before Inghram, P. J., the following facts appeared: About the year 1877, Robert Freed agreed to sell about twenty acres of land to Joseph Richey for the sum of $3,500. Joseph Richey went into possession, but subsequently surrendered it, being unable to pay for the same. John Richey, the brother of Joseph Richey, endeavored to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
We cannot understand why, in this case, the court below gave binding instructions to the jury to find for the defendant. The evidence, had it been submitted, warranted, as we think, a verdict for the plaintiff. By this we mean that, had there' been such a submission, and a verdict for the plaintiff, the evidence would have justified the court in refusing a new trial.
By articles of agreement dated March 15th, 1878, Freed, the plaintiff, agreed to sell to Jacob J. Slonecker twenty acres of laud in Bullskin township, Fayette county, in consideration of which Slonecker agreed to pay Freed $2,100…
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