Tucker v. McMenamin
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 199, Oct. T., 1911, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 478, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Agnes G. Tucker v. John McMenamin and Ellen McMen-amin, his wife. Ejectment for a lot of land in the fortieth ward of the city of Philadelphia.
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Appeal, No. 199, Oct. T., 1911, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1909, No. 478, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Agnes G. Tucker v. John McMenamin and Ellen McMen-amin, his wife. Ejectment for a lot of land in the fortieth ward of the city of Philadelphia. At the trial the court admitted under objection and exception the deeds set forth in the plaintiff’s abstract of title, and particularly enumerated in the opinion of the Superior Court [4-7]. The court gave binding instructions for the plaintiff [3]. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The plaintiff’s abstract of title, which was set forth in her declaration and sustained by the evidence on the trial, may be briefly stated as follows: November 26,1858, deed, Phila. Homestead Assn, to Mary A. Cahill; April 2, 1886, deed, James J. Gillen and Mary A., his wife, formerly Mary A. Cahill, to Arthur M. Wood; January 25, 1890, deed, Arthur M. Wood and wife to William Hutchinson and Alice, his wife (alleged in the abstract and conceded by defendants to be by entireties); March 2, 1900, death of William Hutchinson; March 23, 1900, deed, Alice Hutchinson to Agnes…
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