Farber v. Blubaker Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 165, Oct. T., 1906, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Cambria Co., Sept. T., 1904, No. 7, dismissing bill in equity in case of Winfield L. Farber, Administrator of Samuel A. Farber, deceased, Winfield L. Farber and H. W. Farber v. Blubaker Coal Company. Bill in equity for tbe cancellation of a contract for the sale of coal. Before O’Connor, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
By a written agreement, dated July 13, 1887, Samuel A. Farber sold and agreed to convey to D. H. Hastings all the coal in and under fifty acres of land in Susquehanna township, Cambria county, with certain mining rights described in the agreement. Hastings made the first payment on the purchase money and in the following year conveyed his interest in the coal and mining rights to the Blubaker Coal Company, the defendant in this proceeding. Farber died on October 16, 1895, without having made any provision for the performance of the contract. On April 21, 1903,…
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