Legal Opinion

Oransky v. Stepanavich

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 21, 1931No. Appeal, 160PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion, by

Me. Justice Simpson,

Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on an instructed verdict for plaintiffs in an action of ejectment. The judgment must be reversed.

The plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, desired to buy from defendant a property he owned in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, to be used by them as a home, but the husband had only $600 and the wife nothing, and the purchase price thereof was $6,100 cash. Neither on their personal credit, nor on it and the property, could they raise that sum, so defendant, the owner, went with them to the First National Bank of Coal dale, to see…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Gasner v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  2. Byrne v. Henry A. Hitner's Sons Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co. v. EllisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
  4. Kennedy v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  5. Lukens v. Wharton Avenue Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Gajewski v. BratcherNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1976
  2. General Casmir Pulaski Building & Loan Ass'n v. Provident Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. In Re AikensUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Wharen Et Ux. v. Funk Et Ux.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  5. Mercer v. Santa Lucia, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1952

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