Legal Opinion

Roland v. Miller

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 15, 1842PublishedCited by 8 opinions

ERROR to the Common Pleas of Berks county. Abraham Roland against Jacob Miller. This was an action of debt upon a bond, dated the 1st of April 1839, from the defendant to the plaintiff, in the penal sum of $1300, conditioned for the payment of $650, with interest at or upon the 1st day of April 1840, “ provided the said Abraham Roland shall pay, and have cancelled all and every judgment of record that now stands open against him, before the day of payment herein stipulated,…

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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Berks county. Abraham Roland against Jacob Miller. This was an action of debt upon a bond, dated the 1st of April 1839, from the defendant to the plaintiff, in the penal sum of $1300, conditioned for the payment of $650, with interest at or upon the 1st day of April 1840, “ provided the said Abraham Roland shall pay, and have cancelled all and every judgment of record that now stands open against him, before the day of payment herein stipulated, without fraud or further delay, then the above obligation to be void and of no effect, otherwise to be and remain in…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Kennedy, J.

This was an action of debt, founded upon a bond of #1300, conditioned for the payment of #650. The defendant below, who is also the defendant here, put in the plea of payment, with leave to give the special matter in evidence, which was, that *392he had executed the bond to the plaintiff to secure the payment of the balance of $2725, being the amount of consideration money, which the defendant was to pay to the plaintiff for a lot of ground No. 151, situate in the borough of Reading, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, sold by…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cooper v. SingletonTexas Supreme Court · 1857
  2. Appeal of WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1885
  3. Cross v. NobleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
  4. Hannan v. CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
  5. Peck v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871

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