Legal Opinion
Pierro v. Pierro
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1969No. Appeal, 7PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Me.
Justice Cohen,
Plaintiff instituted an action in equity to compel specific performance of a provision in an agreement for the sale of a portion of a farm. Defendants filed an answer to the complaint and under “New Matter” alleged that specific performance did not lie for the reason that the parcel in controversy was not described with sufficient specificity to remove it from the provisions of the Statute of Frauds.
Plaintiff filed a reply to the “New Matter” maintaining that the description was sufficient in specificity to afford him the requested remedy. Defendants then filed a…
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