Coolbaugh v. Ransberry

Citations

• 23 Pa. Super. 97
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 21

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Specific performance — Evidence—Notice.</p> <p>Where a vendee takes a conveyance of land through which the vendors had previously agreed to convey a right of way to a railroad company^ and the overwhelming evidence is that the vendee had knowledge of this agreement, a court of equity will compel the vendee specifically to perform the agreement.</p> <p>Vendor and vendee — Executors and administrators — Agency.</p> <p>Where executors claiming to bind heirs agree to convey through land belonging to the estate, a right of way to a railroad company, and subsequently the same persons claiming to be attorneys in fact for the heirs, sell and convey the land to a person who has full knowledge that they are attorneys in fact for the heirs, and also with the knowledge of the agreement with the railroad company, the purchaser of the land will be compelled in equity to convey the right of way to the railroad company.</p>