Hart v. Executors of Porter
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the Court of Common ,,, c v i Pleas ot lork county. The executors of Charles W. Porter, (the plaintiffs low,) brought this suit on three single bills, given by Hart, the defendant, to Porter, amounting in the whole to g 1000. It was proved, that Hart had purchased a tract of land of Porter. for which he received a deed of conveyance with 7 . , , special warranty, paid part of the purchase money, and gave three bills for the residue.
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In Error. THIS was a writ of error to the Court of Common ,,, c v i Pleas ot lork county. The executors of Charles W. Porter, (the plaintiffs low,) brought this suit on three single bills, given by Hart, the defendant, to Porter, amounting in the whole to g 1000. It was proved, that Hart had purchased a tract of land of Porter. for which he received a deed of conveyance with 7 . , , special warranty, paid part of the purchase money, and gave three bills for the residue. The defendant, Hart, gave evidence, an outstanding title of dower in this land in Eleanor, the wife of James Brown, formerly…
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The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Tilghman C. J.
The executors of Charles W. Porter, (the plaintiff below,) brought this suit on three single bills given by Hart, the defendant, to Porter, amounting in the whole to $ 1000. It was proved, that Hart had purchased a tract of land of Porter, for which he. received a deed of conveyance with special warranty, paid part of the purchase money, and gave these three bills for the residue. The defendant gave in evidence, an outstanding title of dower in this land, in Eleanor, the wife of James Brown, and formerly the wife of John Majjit, by whom…
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