Humbert v. Meyers

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

Sarah J. Humbert owned an interest in certain coal lands in West Virginia and Ada E. Meyers and N. Peter Meyers owned a property known as the Fairview Hotel, at Garrett, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and a lot adjoining the hotel property, and forming a part of it, was owned by their father, William P. Meyers. On July 18, 1916, the latter entered into a written contract with Mrs. Humbert to exchange the hotel property, for her *173coal lands. The agreement contained, inter alia, a clause as follows: “It is further understood by both parties hereto that said party…