Hogg v. Wilkins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county. This was an action of ejectment by the plaintiff in error, against Wilkins and Blocher, for .one hundred and fifty acres of land in Bullskin Township.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette county. This was an action of ejectment by the plaintiff in error, against Wilkins and Blocher, for .one hundred and fifty acres of land in Bullskin Township. On the trial, plaintiff showed that defendants were in possession of the land, and followed’it by the record of a judgment in favor of Morris, sheriff, against Blocher,' Shoemaker, Taylor, and Overholt, for $6,655.06: — fi. fa., vend, ex., coroner’s sale, and deed to G-eorge.E. Hogg, plaintiff, March 12, 1844. Defendants then gave the following evidence. Henry D. Overholt, one of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered
by Black, J.
— The land in dispute was sold at coroner’s sale as the property of Blocher and Shoemaker, and bought by George E. Hogg, the present plaintiff, who claims it now under his deed. It is alleged, on the other hand, that Hogg agreed to buy it and hold it for Shoemaker and Blocher, and that his declarations to that effect prevented other persons from bidding, in consequence of which he got it at an under-price. There is no legal evidence of a contract on the part of Hogg to hold the land for the use of Blocher and Shoemaker. The allegation rests on…
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