Kauffman's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. In Equity. John Bachman filed his bill, June 18th 1866, against Christian S. Kauffman, President of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad Company, in which he averred that he was the owner of a lot of ground of 150 feet front, in the borough of Columbia, and on the 20th day of December 1865 agreed with the defendant to sell him the lot for $20 per foot; that $1000 was paid at the date of the agreement,…
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. In Equity. John Bachman filed his bill, June 18th 1866, against Christian S. Kauffman, President of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad Company, in which he averred that he was the owner of a lot of ground of 150 feet front, in the borough of Columbia, and on the 20th day of December 1865 agreed with the defendant to sell him the lot for $20 per foot; that $1000 was paid at the date of the agreement, and the remaining $2000 was to be paid on the 1st day of February then next, when a deed was to be made to the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 3d 1867, by
Agnew, J.
— This is a bill for specific performance, setting forth a contract for the sale of a lot of ground at a stipulated sum, increased upon a contingency, alleged to have happened, to a greater sum ; averring the tender of a deed, and praying a decree for the payment of the balance unpaid, which is alleged to be $5195, with interest. The defendant demurred on the ground that the plaintiff had a full and adequate remedy at law; and the only question for our decision is, whether under the equity powers conferred by the statute…
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