Hunter v. Hunter
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 53, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Aug. T., 1904, No. 688, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Wiliiam A. Hunter v. Mary A. Hunter. Ejectment for land in Mt. Pleasant Township. Before Doty, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 53, April T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Aug. T., 1904, No. 688, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Wiliiam A. Hunter v. Mary A. Hunter. Ejectment for land in Mt. Pleasant Township. Before Doty, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were various rulings on evidence and instructions, particularly referred to in the opinion of the Superior Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff and the defendant in this action of ejectment both claimed title under the will of John Galloway. The devises in said will which have any bearing on this controversy, being in the following words, viz.: “I will and bequeath unto my nephew, James Hunter, all that portion of my farm lying west of the road, running through my farm from south to north, except that portion which lies along the Brush Run, all south'of the old coal bank in the flat. I will and bequeath unto my nephew, William Hunter, all that portion of my farm lying east of the road before…
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