Frazer v. Tunis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IN this cause it was agreed that ludgment should be entered B„, , - .. . . . . JL tor the amount due from the intestate to the plaintiff; and ^hat upon the question arising under the plea of want of assets, \ . , . , a case should be submitted to the court, which m substance was as follows: On the 25th August 1794, John Dunwoody and Charles DU-entered into articles of agreement under seal with Tho- ~ mas Ruston, by which they covenanted to convey to him a In 1792 Dunwoody…
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IN this cause it was agreed that ludgment should be entered B„, , - .. . . . . JL tor the amount due from the intestate to the plaintiff; and ^hat upon the question arising under the plea of want of assets, \ . , . , a case should be submitted to the court, which m substance was as follows: On the 25th August 1794, John Dunwoody and Charles DU-entered into articles of agreement under seal with Tho- ~ mas Ruston, by which they covenanted to convey to him a In 1792 Dunwoody entered into other articles under seal with Slough and H. Downing, for establishing a line of stages from Philadelphia to…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. j.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case comes before the court on a case stated for their opinion.
John Dunwoody and Charles Dilworth, both deceased, entered into articles of agreement under hand and seal, with Thomas Rustan deceased, by which they covenanted to sell and convey to him a quantity of land at a stipulated price. Rustan paid several sums of money on account of this purchase, but Dun-woody and Dilworth failed in making the conveyance. Ruston brought an action of covenant on the articles of agreement against the administrators oí Dunwoody, which was cubmitted' to…
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