Stephens v. Black
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county : Of October and November Term 1874, No 59. This was an action of ejectment brought September 6th 1870 by Charles A. Black and Norman Worley against Washington Stephens and Jehu Martin, tenant of Stephens, to enforce the payment of the balance of the purchase-money for a tract of land sold under articles of agreement, dated February 17th 1863, between the plaintiffs and David Keys.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county : Of October and November Term 1874, No 59. This was an action of ejectment brought September 6th 1870 by Charles A. Black and Norman Worley against Washington Stephens and Jehu Martin, tenant of Stephens, to enforce the payment of the balance of the purchase-money for a tract of land sold under articles of agreement, dated February 17th 1863, between the plaintiffs and David Keys. The title to the land had been originally in John Rogers. The case was tried February 13th 1874, before Wilson, P. J. The plaintiff gave in evidence deed dated…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gordon
This was an action of ejectment, brought to enforce the payment of purchase-money, alleged to be due upon articles of agreement between Black and Worley, the plaintiffs, and David Keys (under whom the defendants obtained possession), dated February 17th 1863. The plaintiffs exhibited the following brief of title, viz.: Deed from John Rogers to Hiram Rogers, May 3d 1855. Judgment, Elijah Chalfant v. Hiram Rogers. September 22d 1856; fi. fa. and vend, ex., in regular order, and a sale of the property to Black and Worley, to whom the sheriff executed a deed dated June 3d 1860; also, a deed from…
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