Biddle v. Tomlinson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Philadelphia County: Of January Term 1887, No. 80. Ejectment by D. Dodge Tomlinson and Caroline B., his wife, John M. Armington, William Elliott and Sarah H., his wife. Charles Ganshine and Ann E., his wife, and Monterey Arming-ton against Christiana Horn.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Philadelphia County: Of January Term 1887, No. 80. Ejectment by D. Dodge Tomlinson and Caroline B., his wife, John M. Armington, William Elliott and Sarah H., his wife. Charles Ganshine and Ann E., his wife, and Monterey Arming-ton against Christiana Horn. Walter L. C. Biddle, who as landlord was admitted to defend, pleaded not guilty, The following are the facts of the case as they appeared on the trial before Peirce, J. By virtue of a judgment against John F. Armington entercd in 1847 and subsequently revived, the property which was the subject…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
The title to the lot, subject to the yearly ground-rent of forty-two dollars, was in Catharine Armington at the time of her decease. John F. Armington’s life estate in the lot became vested in John Wurfflein, who afterwards purchased the ground-*303rent. In 1869, Wurfflein conveyed the lot by deed, which on its face is for the fee, without reservation, to Jacob Knoell. John F. Armington died in 1877, and soon after the heirs of Catharine Armington brought suit in ejectment for the lot. Before the termination of that suit, an action was brought in covenant, in the name of Wurfflein as plaintiff,…
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