Goodwin v. Heckler

Citations

• 252 Pa. 332
• 97 A. 475
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 616

Syllabus

<p>Contracts — Sales—Payment in specific property — Breach—Liability to pay cash.</p> <p>1. When payment of a debt is to be made in a specific article of property, failure to pay or offer to pay by delivery of the article, according to the agreement, fixes the liability of the debtor to pay in money.</p> <p>2. Where a contract for the sale and delivery of brick provided that part of the purchase-price should be paid in cash and the balance by the transfer of the equities in certain houses, and the purchaser of the brick failed to deliver a deed for the houses for more than a year after it should have been delivered the seller of the brick was entitled to enforce payment in money for the whole balance of the purchase-price due him, without previously demanding a deed for the houses.</p>