Fryer v. Rishel

Decided June 10, 1878

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1878-06-10

No. 184 May Term, 1878. John Ehrgood made an agreement to sell his farm to Rishel for $1,400. Rishell was to pay Ehrgood $100 a year for seven years and was to maintain Ehrgood during the rest of his life for the other $700. In case Ehrgood died before he received all the annual payments Rishell was not bound to pay the balance. In pursuance of this agreement Ehrgood conveyed to Rishell and died two years afterwards.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1942

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Decided 1878-06-10

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¶1The decision of the lower Court was affirmed on June 10, 1878, in the following opinion:

Per Curiam.

¶2The question in the Court below as to the absolute, or conditional purpose of the assignment as intended by the parties, was one purely of fact dependent upon the surrounding and attending circumstances as well as the face of the paper. We cannot say that the Court erred in the submission of this fact to the jury, or that there was anything in so doing in conflict with the former decision of this Court when the case was here before. We discover no substantial error in the assignment.

¶3Judgment affirmed.