Llewellyn v. Sunnyside Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 206, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from decree of C. P. Cambria Co., March T., 1908, No. 4, dismissing bill in equity in case of D. J. Llewellyn v. Sunnyside Coal Company. Bill in equity for an injunction. Before O’Connor, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Error assigned was decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
This controversy in a court of equity is over the title to land. The first averment of the complainant in his bill is that he is the owner of it in fee, under a deed to him from Jane C. Yeagley, dated November 12, 1907. Following this there is an admission that in June, 1905, more than two years before, Mrs. Yeagley, through her representative, accepted the offer of Daniel Cauffiel, under whom the appellee claims, to purchase the property for $8,000, and upon the acceptance of the offer, that Cauffiel paid $100 on account of the purchase money, for which a receipt…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- North Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. SnowdenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
- Brodhead v. ReinboldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Riel v. GannonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Duncan v. H. & G. Iron Works, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Blair County1890
- Llewellyn v. CauffielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Llewellyn v. Sunnyside Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917