LAMB v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY INST. DIST.


363 Pa. 66 (1949)

Lamb, Appellant, v. Allegheny County Institution District.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice Chaitkin, with him C. Roscoe Hoffman, for appellant.

Edward G. Bothwell, First Assistant County Solicitor, with him Nathaniel K. Beck, County Solicitor, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, November 14, 1949:

There are two reasons why plaintiff is not entitled to the specific performance which he is here seeking of a contract for the purchase of land. One is that the contract did not receive the approval of the court required by statute, the other that the action is barred by the statute of limitations.

By the Act of April 23, 1852, P.L. 423, a corporation was created under the title of "The directors of the...

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