Shoub v. Dunbar

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Shoub v. Dunbar, 256 Pa. 311 (Pa. 1917)
100 A. 829; 1917 Pa. LEXIS 605
Brown, Frazer, Moschzisker, Potter, Walling

Shoub v. Dunbar

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The agreement of appellants was to convey to appellee a lot of 'ground “free and clear of all liens and encumbrances.” Although Federal Lane has never' been opened through the land owned by pláintiffs, it was none the less a public highway: Commonwealth v. McNaugher et al., 131 Pa. 55. That portion of it was vacated by an.ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh, passed June 16, 1910, *312in pursuance of the Act of March 21, 1905, P. L. 46; but as yet the damages and benefits arising from said vacation have not been ascertained. As benefits may be assessed against the lot which appellants agreed to convey to appellee clear of “all liens and encumbrances,” judgment was properly entered for the defendant on the case stated, and it is, therefore, affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Shoub et ux. v. Dunbar
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Beal estate — Sales of real estate — Titles—Encumbrances. On a case stated to determine the validity of the title to land which plaintiffs had agreed to convey to defendant “free and clear of all liens and encumbrances” but which defendant refused to accept, where it appeared that owing to the vacation of a,part of the land for a public street benefits might be assessed against it, the court properly entered judgment for defendant.