Fryer v. Rishell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield county: Of May Term 1877, No. 27. This was a feigned issue to try the right to certain money due on a judgment. The plaintiff in the issue was Daniel Fryer, administrator of John Ehrgood, deceased, and the defendants B. C. Rishell and Sidney M., his wife.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Clearfield county: Of May Term 1877, No. 27. This was a feigned issue to try the right to certain money due on a judgment. The plaintiff in the issue was Daniel Fryer, administrator of John Ehrgood, deceased, and the defendants B. C. Rishell and Sidney M., his wife. On the 23d of July 1866, Rishell and his wife, by articles of agreement, sold to Harrison Passmore two lots of ground, for $700, of which $50 were paid down, $150 to be paid on April 1st 1867, and the balance in annual payments of $100, until paid. The lots were the separate estate of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur
This was a feigned issue to try the right to the money due on a judgment. It appears that Mrs. Rishell, one of the defendants, owned certain real estate. She and her husband united in selling it, by articles of agreement, to one Passmore, in consideration of $700; $50 thereof to be paid on the execution of the agreement, and the residue in several annual instalments. The $50 were paid.
Afterwards, in consideration of the conveyance to Mrs. Rishell •of certain other real estate, by John Ehrgood, and on the same day, she and her husband jointly assigned, under seal, all their interest in the…
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