Jones v. Patterson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. Alexander Patterson against Andrew J. Jones. This was an action of ejectment for a lot of ground, and was brought to compel the payment of the two last instalments mentioned in the following agreement: Articles of agreement made and concluded upon this 17th day of September 1835, by and between Alexander Patterson, of Lancaster county, of the one part, and John Smull, of Harrisburg, of the other part, witnesseth that the said…
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ERROR to the Common Pleas of Dauphin county. Alexander Patterson against Andrew J. Jones. This was an action of ejectment for a lot of ground, and was brought to compel the payment of the two last instalments mentioned in the following agreement: Articles of agreement made and concluded upon this 17th day of September 1835, by and between Alexander Patterson, of Lancaster county, of the one part, and John Smull, of Harrisburg, of the other part, witnesseth that the said Alexander Patterson shall and will, on or before the first day of April next ensuing, well and sufficiently convey, clear of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Sergeant, J.
This is an ejectment for a lot of ground, brought by Patterson against Jones, to enforce the payment of the balance, of the purchase money due on articles of agreement for the sale of the lot, made between Patterson, the former owner, and SmulL Jones the defendant holds under Smull, as purchaser at sheriff’s sale. The plaintiff alleges that the two last instalments due under the articles were never paid, and claims their amount. He asserts that although Smull gave him his promissory note for the amount of the second instalment, $267.33, yet…
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