Neil v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the common pleas of Alleghany county. This was an action on-articles of-'agreement for the sale and purchase of a tract of land, by Robert C."Thompson against John Neil, all the facts of which are very fully stated by his honour, who delivered the opinion of the court. • ; ■
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Huston, J.
—This case, if it does not present a new question, presents it in a new shape. We have several cases in which it has been decided that after articles of agreement have been carried into effect bya de'ed, executed, delivered and accepted, the party shall not go bac'k to the articles and sue> on them. This, however, has been restricted by more than one case,, admitting exceptions under particular circumstances. The present case is one in which the plaintiff below entered into articles, dated the 28th'of March 1819, to sell to lhe defendant…
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