Collins v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 147, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., March T., 1910, No. 125, on verdict for defendants in case of Carrie H. Collins et al. v. William S. Phillips et al. Ejectment for land in Cumberland township. Before Ingraham, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed.
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Appeal No. 147, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. Greene Co., March T., 1910, No. 125, on verdict for defendants in case of Carrie H. Collins et al. v. William S. Phillips et al. Ejectment for land in Cumberland township. Before Ingraham, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed. Errors assigned were (1-36) various rulings on evidence and instructions, including binding instructions for defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
The plaintiffs are the heirs-at-law of Robert Henderson, who at the time of his death in 1878, was a resident of the county of Allegheny. He died intestate, seised of the tract of land in controversy here. One year prior *389to his death a judgment by confession upon warrant of attorney, waiving condemnation, inquisition and exemption, was entered of record in Allegheny county. About one year subsequent to his death an exemplification of this judgment was entered of record in Greene county, where the land involved in this action is located. In 1884, more than five…
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