3 Walker 38
Decided January 15, 1884
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1884-01-15
The abstract 'of the petition to open the judgment is as follows : That S B. Dick sold a lot of land in Meadville to C. PI. Prescott, on March 13, 1875 for $7,000. That said purchase was for his wife, L. A. Prescott. That vendee gave a bond and mortgage, in the sum of $7,000, to secure the purchase money. That there was paid prior to Aug. 6,1875, $3,853.05 to be applied on the bond and mort.gage; which money was furnished by'the said L. A. Prescott.
Decided 1884-01-15
¶1The Supreme Court affirmed the decree of the Court below, on Feb. 18,1884, in the following opinion:
¶2The uncertain memory of the principal witness in behalf of the appellant, as well as the absence of specific and clear facts, in her testimony; were insufficient evidence to defeat the judgment. The Court was fully justified in discharging the rule.
¶3Decree affirmed, and appeal dismissed at the cost of the appellants.