Hopkins v. Wise

Citations

• 33 Pa. Super. 544
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 333

Syllabus

<p>Vendor and vendee — Payment—Evidence—Agreement to pay debt of another.</p> <p>In an action against the estate of a decedent to recover a balance of purchase money for interest in a farm which the plaintiff had conveyed to the decedent, and also for a balance of purchase money in a house and lot which the plaintiff had conveyed to another person, and which it was alleged the decedent had agreed to pay, one witness alone testified to what was due, but he failed to state the amount due on each account, and he was not able to show how it was that the decedent had agreed to pay the balance due on the house and lot. It also appeared that the deed for the house and lot was delivered more than six years before the bringing of the suit, and there was no evidence tending to show that the purchase money was not due on the delivery of the deed. Held, that the court committed no error in directing a verdict for the defendant.</p>