Stokely v. Trout
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to Westmoreland county. This was an action of ejectment by George W. Trout against Joseph Stokely to recover the possession of a lot of ground, under the facts which are stated in
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, which was delivered by
Huston, J.
This was an ejectment by Trout against Stokely to recover the possession of the lot in question, or the payment of the balance of the purchase money. The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff below. We have only a very short abstract of part of the evidence, and a short sentence of the charge of the court. I gather the following facts from the testimony, or rather from the parts of it brought before us.
On the 13th of February 1827, Trout and Stokely entered into the following agreement:
“Articles of agreement between George W.…
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