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142 Pa. 45

Johnson v. Ash

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County · decided 1891-04-27

No. 292 January Term 1891, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 835 September Term 1890, C. P. No. 2.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently August 2000

2 state decisions

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Decided 1891-04-27

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Pee Curiam :

¶1The court below properly held that the plaintiffs were obliged to receive the kind of money the contract called for. It is to be presumed that when the ground-rent was created, the reservation of the rent in Spanish Milled Silver Dollars was for the benefit of the owner of the rent. It was certainly not for the benefit of the ground-tenant. The plaintiffs, having enjoyed what benefit there was under the contract, may well take the disadvantages thereof, if there are any.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

¶3On May 18, 1891, a motion for a re-argument was refused.

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