Wickersham v. Savage
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certificate from Nisi Prius. This case was heard at Pittsburg October 1867. John Savage filed his bill against Cadwalader Wickersham for the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of a lot in the city of Philadelphia. The defendant in his answer admitted the making of the contract, but alleged that the plaintiff could not make a good title for the premises.
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Certificate from Nisi Prius. This case was heard at Pittsburg October 1867. John Savage filed his bill against Cadwalader Wickersham for the specific performance of a contract for the purchase of a lot in the city of Philadelphia. The defendant in his answer admitted the making of the contract, but alleged that the plaintiff could not make a good title for the premises. The land which was the subject of the agreement belonged originally to John Savage, the elder, who died in the year 1834; by his will the residue of his estate, which included the real estate in question, was disposed of as…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, January 8th 1868, by
Thompson, C. J.
John Savage, the elder, grandfather of the plaintiff, devised his estate, a portion of which has given rise to the controversy in this case, to his son John the second for life, and after his decease “ to and among the children and issue of the said John, in such shares and proportions and for such estates as he by his last will, or other appointment in writing, shall direct; and for want of such will or appointment then to and among the said children and issue and their heirs equally; the issue of deceased children to…
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