Chalfant v. Rocks

Citations

• 212 Pa. 521
• 61 A. 1105
• 1905 Pa. LEXIS 653

Syllabus

<p>Contract—Executed contract—Incense—Absence of words of inheritance— Deed.</p> <p>Lan owner of coal, entered into an agreement in writing with C., as follows: “L. doth bargain and sell unto the aforesaid C. all that certain tract or parcel of coal containing three acres for the sum of three hundred dollars, situated, etc., .... The aforesaid C. is not to sell any coal only what he hauls himself or have hauled; also cannot sell the said three acres of coal to any person or persons, but L. his heirs and assigns.” Held, that the agreement was an executed assignment or conveyance of a license to take coal without words of inheritance, and that the right conveyed or assigned expired with the life of C.</p>