Orr v. Greiner

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Orr v. Greiner, 254 Pa. 314 (Pa. 1916)
98 A. 953; 1916 Pa. LEXIS 725
Frazer, Mestrezat, Mosctizisker, Potter, Walling

Orr v. Greiner

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

There is no question of fact or law raised on this appeal which requires discussion. The court permitted the jury to determine whether the plaintiff was ready and willing to comply with his part of the agreement, whether the defendant was guilty of a breach of his covenant in refusing to convey the premises in accordance with the terms of the contract and thereby waived his right to require the plaintiff to be ready and willing, and whether the plaintiff had rescinded the contract of purchase. These were the controlling questions in the case, were submitted in a charge of which the appellant cannot justly complain, and on ample evidence to sustain a verdict for the plaintiff. In fact, as intimated in the opinion of the learned trial judge, the court gave the defendant all, if not more than, he was entitled to demand in submitting to the jury to determine whether he had committed a breach of the contract in refusing to convey the property as required by the agreement.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Orr, to the use of Moyer v. Greiner
Status
Published
Syllabus
Contracts — Contracts for the sale of real estate — Breach—Damages — Case for jury. In an action to recover damages for a vendor’s breach* of an agreement to sell real estate, the ease is for the jury and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff will be sustained, where there is evidence that the plaintiff was ready and willing to purchase the property, that defendant refused to convey in accordance with the terms of the contract and thereby waived his right to require plaintiff to be ready and willing to purchase, and that plaintiff thereupon rescinded the contract.