Nesbitt v. Tarbrake

Citations

• 30 Pa. Super. 460
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 98

Syllabus

<p>Statute of frauds — Parol sale — Landlord and tenant — Possession.</p> <p>A person in possession of land under a written lease from several trustees for a definite term, cannot change this status into a possession under a parol sale of the land to him by proof that he had entered into a parol agreement with an agent of the trustees, with knowledge of one of the trustees, to purchase the land and to pay a certain amount on the execution of a written agreement and the balance in installments, and as a further consideration that no back rent should be collected, and the lease be considered at an end.</p> <p>Trustees holding legal title to land can only act jointly in making deeds or agreements for the sale thereof.</p>