Haupt v. Unger

Citations

• 222 Pa. 439
• 71 A. 843
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 892

Syllabus

<p>Agreement for sale of real estate — Sufficiency of description.</p> <p>In an agreement for the sale of real estate the same is sufficiently described as follows: “All of the properties of E. J. Unger, deceased, in Croyle township, together with the Heise and Bertenet additions, including buildings and schoolhouse, and all of the other buildings located on the lands, with the appurtenances thereto, including the coal and minerals of every description.”</p> <p>Trusts and trustees — Husband and wife — Title in husband’s name— Vendor and vendee — Evidence.</p> <p>On a bill in equity by a vendee against a vendor to compel the conveyance of real estate, where the vendee claims that the vendor purchased the property as his agent, but the vendor’s wife claims that the property was purchased for her with her money and title taken in her husband’s name, the testimony to sustain her claim must be clear, precise, convincing and satisfactory, that the husband took the title for her instead of for himself or his vendee, and that she received from other sources than her husband the moneys with which she paid for the properties.</p>