UNITED STATES v. 476 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.

Civ. A. No. 6919.

86 F.Supp. 632 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. 476 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA et al.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Boyer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

The attorneys for defendants are:

Dennis J. Mulvihill, Pittsburgh, Pa., for J. Griffen and E. J. Jedlick.

J. Leonard Smith, Jr., Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Anna Bella Walther, and others.

Harry C. Beschel, Pittsburgh, Pa., Alvin J. Porsche, Pittsburgh, Pa., for City of Pittsburgh.

Morris M. Berger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Lewis W. Riegler and Mary E. Riegler.

W. Bruce McCrory and Richard F. Geiselhart Pittsburgh, Pa., for E. J. Chalfant.


McVICAR, District Judge.

The defendants, although admitting that the negotiations prior to their offer to sell Parcel No. 6, were fair and free from any coercion or misrepresentation on the part of the Government representatives, assert that through a misunderstanding on their part, they believed that the Government agreed to assume the outstanding mortgage of $1,594.02, in addition to paying the $4,000.00. The evidence introduced at the trial did not support a finding...

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