DeForest v. Finn
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 184, April T., 1917, by plaintiffs, from order of G. P. Beaver Go., June T., 1916,-No. 331, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Annie E. DeForest and H. A. DeForest, her husband, v. Henry Finn. Assumpsit for balance of purchase-money of real estate. Before Baldwin, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
In an action of assumpsit to recover an unpaid balance of purchase-price under an agreement of sale the plaintiffs averred they were the owners of a house and lot in Monaca, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and possessed of a good and marketable title in fee simple which defendant had agreed to buy for $1,500; that, after paying $100 on account, the defendant, in April, 1916, took possession of the property with knowledge that plaintiffs took title under the will of George Huff, the former husband of Mrs. DeForest; that, having learned that defendant had taken possession,…
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