Shaw v. Cornman

Citations

• 271 Pa. 260
• 114 A. 632
• 1921 Pa. LEXIS 492

Syllabus

<p>Statute of frauds — Agreement for sale of land — Description.</p> <p>1. Under the statute of frauds, an agreement for the sale of land should be sufficiently definite to enable one to identify the subject of sale; but it is not necessary to so describe the land as to avoid the necessity of proof of its identity.</p> <p>2. The description should be clear enough to enable a surveyor to locate the land with certainty.</p> <p>3. Where the agreement consists of an ofíer in writing to sell to vendee “the place you now occupy,” and acceptance in writing of the same, followed by a receipt in which the property is designated by street and number in a city designated, the description is sufficient under the'statute of frauds.</p> <p>Ejectment — Practice, O. P. — Judgment for defendant on pleadings — Act of June 7,1915, P. L. 887.</p> <p>4. In an action of ejectment, where plaintiff moves for judgment on the pleadings, the court may, under the Act of J une 7, 1915, P. L. 887, enter judgment for defendants.</p> <p>Glenn v. Stewart, 265 Pa. 208, followed.</p>