Weaver v. Craighead
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: Of October Term 1883, No. 30. Ejectment, by Janies Craighead et al., doing business as The Farmers’ Deposit Company, against J. P. Weaver and Alexander Gaston, for a tract of land in North Strabane township, Washington county. Pleanot guilty. On the trial, before Hart, P. J., the following facts appeared: On and prior to January 27th 1876, the title to the premises in dispute was vested in J. P. Weaver.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Washington county: Of October Term 1883, No. 30. Ejectment, by Janies Craighead et al., doing business as The Farmers’ Deposit Company, against J. P. Weaver and Alexander Gaston, for a tract of land in North Strabane township, Washington county. Pleanot guilty. On the trial, before Hart, P. J., the following facts appeared: On and prior to January 27th 1876, the title to the premises in dispute was vested in J. P. Weaver. On that day by articles of agreement under seal, and signed by both parties he contracted to sell the land to Samuel Chamberlain, 'a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
delivered the .opinion of the court, "November 12th 1883.
On May 1st 1876, upon the payment of $500, and the conveyance of forty acres of land, situated in Kansas, Weaver was bound by his covenant to convey the lot in controversy to Chamberlain, and give full possession. Soon after that date Chamberlain paid $250, and conveyed the forty acres to Weaver. Then, if Chamberlain’s testimony is true, by oral contract, he rented the lot to Weaver for $5 per month, until such time as he should build a house; no specified time; and Weaver extended the time for payment of the remaining $250 for an…
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