McCormick v. Skelly
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 48, Oct. T., 1901, by-defendants, from judgment of O. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 428, on verdict for plaintiff in case of E. B. McCormick v. Lizzie A. Skelly, formerly Lizzie A. Newmyer, Wilb'am B. Skelly, ber Husband, and Edward Mahoney. Ejectment for land in the borough of Irwin. Before McConnell, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff on the point reserved.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
The real estate which is the subject of the present suit in ejectment was the property of J. L. Newmyer at the time of his death. He left a widow and two children. After his death suit was brought against his administrators, and judgment was obtained against them, and execution was duly issued under which the sheriff levied upon and sold the property to E. B. McCormick, the plaintiff. A sheriff’s deed was duly executed to him therefor. The widow was not made defendant as widow, although she was defendant as one of the administrators of her husband’s estate. The…
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